Providing support for decision making to adults with intellectual disability: Perspectives of family members and workers in disability support services
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1366-8250,1469-9532
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2017.1378873