Direct payments and disabled people in the UK: Supply, demand and devolution

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1189-1204

  Priestley, Mark ^a   Jolly, Debbie ^a   Pearson, Charlotte ^b   Ridell, Sheila ^c   Barnes, Colin ^a   Mercer, Geof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devolution; Direct payments; Disability; Policy implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249160955     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl063     Document Type: Article

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