Supporting Families With Parents With Intellectual Disability: Views and Experiences of Professionals in the Field

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Starke, Mikaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Parents with intellectual disability; Practice experiences; Professionals; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052567550     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2011.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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