Majority and minority ethnic family carers of adults with intellectual disabilities: Perceptions of challenging behaviour and family impact

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-74

  Hatton, Chris ^a   Emerson, Eric ^a   Kirby, Suzanne ^a   Kotwal, Homayra ^a   Baines, Susannah ^a   Hutchinson, Christine ^b   Dobson, Catherine ^b   Marks, Bob ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Unimity of Central Lancashire   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Challenging behaviour; Ethnicity; Families; Intellectual disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249097003     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2009.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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