Families' views on their relatives with intellectual disability moving from a long-stay psychiatric institution to a community-based intellectual disability service: An Irish context

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-54

  Doody, Owen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Campus based accommodation; Families' perceptions; Intellectual disability; Ireland; Resettlement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857366420     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2011.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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