Advocacy and the learning disability nurse

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-12

  Jenkins, Robert ^a   Northway, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Independent advocacy; Learning disability; Nurses; Professional; Self advocacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141554513     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2002.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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