The power to choose: Supports for families caring for individuals with developmental disabilities

Health and Social Work

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-68

  Freedman, Ruth I ^a   Boyer, Nancy Capobianco ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Family supports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPITE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESPITE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0034132896     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/25.1.59     Document Type: Article

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