Discerning the Appropriate Role and Status of 'Quality of Life' Assessment for Persons with Intellectual Disability: A Reply to Cummins

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-339

  Ager, Alastair ^a   Hatton, Chris ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033260596     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.1999.tb00089.x     Document Type: Review

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