Access to secondary care for people with learning disabilities.
A person-centred approach is needed to improve access to secondary health care for people who have learning disabilities. The Department of Health (1995a) drew attention to this issue when it reported that people with learning disabilities sometimes have problems maintaining their health because hos...
| Publicado en: | Nursing Times Vol. 100; no. 3; pp. 34 - 37 |
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| Formato: | case study tables/charts Journal Article |
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EMAP Publishing Limited
2004 Jan 20-26
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