Researching policy and practice to safeguard people with intellectual disabilities from abuse: Some methodological challenges

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 188-195

  Northway, Ruth ^a   Jenkins, Robert ^a   Jones, Victoria ^a   Howarth, Joyce ^a   Hodges, Zoe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Intellectual disabilities; Participatory research; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883759914     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jppi.12037     Document Type: Article

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