Substance abuse and mental retardation: Balancing risk management with the "dignity of risk"

Families in Society

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 651-659

  Slayter, Elspeth M ^a,b  

^a School of Social Work   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 37649022194     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3688     Document Type: Article

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