Absconding from hospitals: A means of resistance?

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-102

  O'Driscoll, David ^a   Walmlsey, Jan ^a  

^a Specialist loss and bereavement service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absconding; Asylums; Intellectual disabilities; Learning disability history; Oral history

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954056116     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2010.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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