An education programme for social care staff: Improving the health of people who have a learning disability and epilepsy

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-43

  Pointu, Alison ^a   Cole, Christine ^b  

^a Barnet Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education programme; Epilepsy; Learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349106549     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2004.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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