Deinstitutionalization in intellectual disabilities

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 437-442

  Beadle Brown, Julie ^a   Mansell, Jim ^a   Kozma, Agnes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Deinstitutionalization; Hospital closure; Intellectual disabilities; Long term outcome

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; REVIEW;

DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 34548408686     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32827b14ab     Document Type: Review

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