The Leros PIKPA asylum deinstitutionalization and rehabilitation project: A follow-up study on care staff fears and attitudes

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 281-292

  Tsiantis, John ^a   Diareme, Stavroula P ^a,b   Kolaitis, Gerasimos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Association for the Psychosocial Health of Children and Adolescents (APHCA)   (Greece)

Author keywords

Deinstitutionalization; Learning disabilities; Staff attitudes; Staff fears

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544383362     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146900470000400402     Document Type: Article

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