Exploring Personal Assistance Services for People with Psychiatric Disabilities: Need, Policy, and Practice

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 2-9

  Pita, Dianne Doyle ^a   Langer Ellison, Marsha ^a   Farkas, Marianne ^a   Bleecker, Thomas ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b World Institute on Disability   (United States)

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EID: 84996244803     PISSN: 10442073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104420730101200101     Document Type: Article

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