The social networks of people with intellectual disability living in the community 12 years after resettlement from long-stay hospitals

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-295

  Forrester Jones, Rachel ^a   Carpenter, John ^b   Coolen Schrijner, Pauline ^b   Cambridge, Paul ^a   Tate, Alison ^b   Beecham, Jennifer ^a   Hallam, Angela ^a   Knapp, Martin ^c   Wooff, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deinstitutionalization; Learning disability; Residential care; Social networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751059717     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2006.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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