The use of touch in caring for people with learning disability

British Journal of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-108

  Gale, Evelyn ^a   Hegarty, John R ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MASSAGE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; TOUCH;

EID: 0033929035     PISSN: 09697950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096979500799155739     Document Type: Article

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