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Success and failure in community placements for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour: An analysis of key variables

DAVID ALLEN Cardiff Community Healthcare NHS Trust & Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities, Cardiff, UK
Pages 307-320 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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