Towards the creative management of risk: Perceptions, practices and policies

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 56-62

  Alaszewski, Andy ^a   Alaszewski, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Families; Learning disability; Management; Risk; Service users

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747775392     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2001.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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