Estimated prevalence of people with learning disabilities: template for general practice.
Background: In 2001, a white paper set out a commitment to ensure that people with a learning disability receive equal access to health services, with an expectation that general practices would have identified all people with a learning disability registered with the practice by June 2004.Aim: To o...
| Published in: | British Journal of General Practice Vol. 58; no. 551; pp. 423 - 429 |
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| Format: | research Journal Article |
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Royal College of General Practitioners
Jun2008
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