'Mum's the Word!': Maternal Accounts of Dealings with the Professional World

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-244

  Todd, Stuart ^a   Jones, Stephanie ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identity; Mothers; Professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842430547     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2003.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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