Promoting a human rights approach for people with learning disabilities in community practice.

Many serious health conditions occur more frequently in the learning disabled population when compared with the non-disabled population. There has been growing concern that people with learning disabilities are subject to discriminatory attitudes and approaches, resulting in their health needs being...

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Publicado en:Primary Health Care Vol. 19; no. 9; pp. 26 - 29
Autor principal: Bollard M
Formato: pictorial tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) Nov2009
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Sumario:Many serious health conditions occur more frequently in the learning disabled population when compared with the non-disabled population. There has been growing concern that people with learning disabilities are subject to discriminatory attitudes and approaches, resulting in their health needs being consistently undetected and unmet and them being deprived of their basic human rights by a wide range of health services.