Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 147-155 , June 2008

Barriers to Supported Employment for Persons With Developmental Disabilities

  • Gail Schoen Lemaire

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Gail Schoen Lemaire, PhD, APRN, BC, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 655 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
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  • Kalisankar Mallik

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2007.06.014

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 147-155 , June 2008