Using history for learning disability practice.

History can be used in learning disability practice to give practitioners a greater understanding of policy and their professional identity, as well as enabling them to contribute to practice. Duncan Mitchell describes how it can give an insight into the position of people with learning disabilities...

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Publicado en:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 5; no. 9; pp. 16 - 21
Autor principal: Mitchell D
Formato: pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) Nov2002
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Sumario:History can be used in learning disability practice to give practitioners a greater understanding of policy and their professional identity, as well as enabling them to contribute to practice. Duncan Mitchell describes how it can give an insight into the position of people with learning disabilities in society and of the position of learning disability nurses in the nursing profession as a whole.