The application of a multisensory Snoezelen room for people with learning disabilities - Hong Kong experience

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-126

  Kwok, H W M ^a   To, Y F ^a   Sung, H F ^a  

^a KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Hong Kong; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHIATRY; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY ART THERAPIES;

EID: 0037385451     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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