An audit of adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities within a West Midlands Community Health Trust -Implications for service development

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-47

  Gittins, Deborah ^a   Rose, Nikki ^a  

^a Ridge Hill Hospital   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38949104115     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2007.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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