The Ignored Minority: Meeting the Needs of People with Profound Learning Disability

Tizard Learning Disability Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 34-44

  Samuel, Judith ^a   Pritchard, Marie ^b  

^a Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxfordshire Learning Disability Trust   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993027195     PISSN: 13595474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13595474200100017     Document Type: Review

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