Survey outcomes and cross-national comparisons of quality of life with respect to people with intellectual disabilities in Taiwan

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-10

  Chou, Yueh Ching ^a   Schalock, Robert ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Intellectual disabilities; Quality of life; Social inclusion; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949115487     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2008.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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