Leaving paediatrics: The experience of service transition for young disabled people and their family carers

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 260-270

  Fiorentino, Leigh ^a   Phillips, David ^a   Walker, Alan ^a   Hall, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paediatric services; School leavers' assessment; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032369347     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.1998.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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