Quality of life as a concept for developing learning disability nursing practice?
This paper offers a critical examination of how the concept of Quality of Life might be used to enhance learning disability nursing practice. Quality of Life will increasingly influence the provision and evaluation of services and practice in the field of learning disability. Attempting to define an...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Clinical Nursing (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 57 - 67 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2003
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