Quality of Life Outcomes for People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Staffed Community Housing Services: A Stratified Random Sample of Statutory, Voluntary and Private Agency Provision

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-28

  Perry, Jonathan ^a,b   Felce, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Applied Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Service quality; Staffed housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037289419     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2003.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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