Capacity of people with intellectual disabilities to consent to take part in a research study

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-174

  Dye, Linda ^a   Hare, Dougal Julian ^a   Hendy, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MACCLESFIELD DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent; Intellectual disabilities; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846946436     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2006.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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