Just Getting on with it: Exploring the Service Needs of Mothers Who Care for Young Children with Severe/Profound and Life-Threatening Intellectual Disability

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-218

  Redmond, Bairbre ^a   Richardson, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Babies; Complex medical need; Intellectual disability; Life threatening conditions; Mothers; Severe and profound disability; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842587495     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2003.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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