Dealing with Denial: A Systems Approach for Family Professionals Working with Parents of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities

The Family Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-247

  ho, Kimberly M ^a   Keiley, Margaret K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

denial; family systems; intellectual disabilities; intervention; mental retardation; multiple disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248606753     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480703251891     Document Type: Article

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