Touch in the care of people with profound and complex needs: A review of the literature

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 351-362

  Dobson, Susan ^a   Upadhyaya, Shripati ^a   Conyers, Ian ^a   Raghavan, Raghu ^b  

^a Horton Park Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care; Development; Learning disability; Review; Touch

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING; TOUCH;

EID: 0036918817     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146900470200600402     Document Type: Article

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