Herausgeber:: Shelley L. Watson / Celine Mercier / Yona Lunsky / Jocelin Lecomte / Diane Cox-Lindenbaum / William R Lindsay / Maurice Feldman / Beverley Fedoroff / Carol Sales / Kaleigh Regehr / Susan Havercamp / Jacqueline Murphy / Barbara Vyrostko / Krystine Donato / Christine Tardiff-Williams / Tricia Vause / Kajsa Klassen / Leanne Gosse / Voula Marinos / Marjorie Aunos / Karen Stoner / J Gregory Olley / Paul Fedoroff / Jennifer Robinson / Donato Tarulli / Nancy Miodrag / Carolyn Gracey / Deborah Richards / Marion Trent-Kratz
Verlag:: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Erschienen:: 15.12.2008
Seitenanzahl:: 288
EAN:: 9781846428869
Sprache:: Englisch
Format:: EPUB
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Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities

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