Parental negotiations of the moral terrain of risk in relation to young people with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 286-298

  Almack, Kathryn ^a   Clegg, Jennifer ^a   Murphy, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Intellectual disabilities; Parents; Risk; Transition; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149188976     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.992     Document Type: Article

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