Abstract
Great strides have been made in maintaining mentally handicapped people within the community and in moving patients from impersonal institutions. In practical terms, however, community care very often means family care for the estimated 100 mentally handicapped babies born each week in the UK.
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© 1989 Irene Heywood Jones and Nursing Times
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Jones, I.H. (1989). Help for People with a Mental Handicap. In: Helping Hands. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10239-6_10
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