"I want to see the queen": Experiences of service use by ageing people with an intellectual disability

Australian Social Work

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-231

  Bigby, Christine ^a   Knox, Marie ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability policy; Intellectual disability; Person centred planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049104034     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070902748910     Document Type: Article

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