Preserving Oral Histories: Example of the Institutional Experience

Mental Retardation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-132

  Dillon, Michael ^a   Holburn, Steve ^b  

^a DOWLING COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; DISABILITY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; ARTICLE; HISTORY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 0037641056     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2003)041<0130:POHEOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Short Survey

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