Spirituality and the Lives of People with Learning Disabilities

Tizard Learning Disability Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 29-35

  Swinton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993054388     PISSN: 13595474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13595474200200037     Document Type: Review

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