Involvement with and role perception toward an adult sibling with and without mental retardation

Journal of Rehabilitation

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 10-15

  Raif, Ruth ^b   Rimmerman, Arie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Ministry of Labor and Welfare   (Israel)

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