A year in the life of a bereavement counselling and support service for people with learning disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-33

  Read, Sue ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement counselling; Grief; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044225112     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146900470100500103     Document Type: Article

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