Parents Together: Action research and advocacy support for parents with learning difficulties

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 464-474

  Booth, Tim ^a   Booth, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Learning difficulties; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033275735     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.1999.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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