Meeting 'Valuing People' health targets: Recommendations from a research workshop

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-83

  Mir, Ghazala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Partnerships; Policy; Primary care; Research methods; Valuing People

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249807358     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2007.00436.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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