Experiences of acute hospital services among people with mild to moderate learning disabilities.
There is a wealth of literature on access to health care for the general population, but there is little knowledge about the experiences of people with learning disabilities accessing acute hospital services. This article is based on the views of seven people with mild to moderate learning disabilit...
| Published in: | Learning Disability Practice Vol. 18; no. 9; pp. 34 - 39 |
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Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The)
Nov2015
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