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They keep going away : a critical study of short-term residential care services for children who are mentally handicapped

Author:

Oswin, Maureen and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London

Publication date:

1984

Abstract:

Between 1977 and 1981 the author visited over 100 places providing short-term care for children who are mentally handicapped and interviewed families whose children were receiving short-term care. This book describes the development of short-term residential care, who makes use of it, parents' reactions to and opinions of the services, ...