Training needs of direct support staff

Mental Retardation

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Test, David W ^a   Flowers, Claudia ^a   Hewitt, Amy ^b   Solow, Jill ^a  

^a University of NC at Charlotte   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; SAMPLING; SKILL; SUPPORT GROUP; TRAINING;

FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 19544387927     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2004)42<327:TNODSS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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