Parental health and stress in families with a child who has multiple disabilities

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-152

  Truesdale, Maria ^a   McConkey, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992852890     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575270108415317     Document Type: Article

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