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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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Published in:Primary Health Care Vol. 19; no. 9; pp. 26 - 29
Main Author: Bollard M
Format: pictorial tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) Nov2009
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          Community Health Nursing
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          Quality of Nursing Care
          Health Services Accessibility
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      ab: 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.
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