Supporting people with intellectual disabilities to take part in focus groups: Reflections on a research project

Disability and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 845-856

  Llewellyn, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data clarification; Data contamination; Focus groups; Models of disability; People with intellectual disabilities; Supporters

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949084387     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590903283431     Document Type: Article

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