Dementia in people with learning disability: A preliminary study into care staff knowledge and attributions

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 148-153

  Whitehouse, Richard ^a   Chamberlain, Paul ^a   Tunna, Kate ^b  

^a Department of Psychology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Attributions; Dementia; Identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842543213     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2000.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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