Promoting choice and control in residential services for people with learning disabilities

Disability and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-360

  Finlay, W M L ^a   Walton, C ^b   Antaki, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Control; Disempowerment; Empowerment; Identity; Intellectual disability; Learning disability; Mental retardation; Policy; Practice; Residential services; Rights; Staff

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849096859     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590802038860     Document Type: Review

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