Focus groups with people with learning disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-145

  Kaehne, Axel ^a   Oconnell, Clare ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

focus groups; intellectual disabilities; learning disabilities; qualitative method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOCUS GROUP; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VALIDITY;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 78651227779     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629510381939     Document Type: Article

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