Public attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities: A qualitative comparison of white british & south asian people

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-188

  Coles, Sarah ^a   Scior, Katrina ^b  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Culture; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ASIA, WESTERN; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONDON; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857063476     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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