Knowledge of Advocacy Options within Services for People with Learning Disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-279

  Martins, Claudia Da Silva ^a   Willner, Paul ^a,b   Brown, Amanda ^c   Jenkins, Rosemary ^a  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Advocacy Action Wales   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advocacy services; IMCA; Learning disability services; Mental Capacity Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954502399     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2010.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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