Over the sea and far away: Ways of overcoming some of the difficulties arising in work with adults with learning disabilities living in geographical isolation in the united kingdom

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 180-187

  Bell, Dorothy M ^a  

^a Argyll & Bute Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Dietetics; Geographical isolation; Learning disabilities; Remote and rural; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255179409     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2005.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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