'It's pretty hard with our ones, they can't talk, the more able bodied can participate': Staff attitudes about the applicability of disability policies to people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-376

  Bigby, Christine ^a   Clement, T ^a   Mansell, J ^b   Beadle Brown, J ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Choice and inclusion; Policy implementation; Severe and profound intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 63049118877     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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