Quality of Life: Its application to persons with intellectual disabilities and their families-Introduction and overview

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-6

  Brown, Roy I ^a,b,e   Schalock, Robert L ^c   Brown, Ivan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Applications; Family quality of life; Intellectual disabilities; Practice; Quality of life; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949146683     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2008.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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