Medical needs of people with intellectual disability require regular reassessment, and the provision of client- and carer-held reports.

BACKGROUND: Previous work has indicated a wide range of unmet medical health needs in people with intellectual disability (ID). METHODS: A profile of recorded medical needs was produced for 589 people with ID through a detailed search of individual medical and nursing case records. Specialist optome...

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Published in:Journal of Intellectual Disability Research Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 134 - 146
Main Authors: Kerr AM, McCulloch D, Oliver K, McLean B, Coleman E, Law T, Beaton P, Wallace S, Newell E, Eccles T, Prescott RJ
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2003
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