How do we stop 'doing' and start listening: Responding to the emotional needs of people with learning disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-30

  Gardner, Anne ^a   Smyly, Selma Rikberg ^a  

^a Oxfordshire NHS Learning Disability Trust   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24344483825     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1997.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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