'Feeling poorly': Report of a pilot study aimed to increase the ability of people with learning disabilities to understand and communicate about physical illness

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-15

  Dodd, Karen ^a   Brunker, Jo ^a  

^a SURREY AND BORDERS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0141713837     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1999.tb00076.x     Document Type: Article

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