The mental health needs of people with a learning disability detained in police custody

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-114

  Scott, David ^a   McGilloway, Sinead ^b   Donnelly, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 33646464155     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.46.2.111     Document Type: Article

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