Looking after people with learning disabilities: who cares?

In this series of articles we will be looking at nurse education and how it has sometimes struggled to accommodate the needs and demands of those students whose main interest is caring for people who live with learning disabilities. This first article explores the context of UK nurse education in ge...

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Publicado en:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 18; no. 10; pp. 31 - 36
Autores principales: McClimens, Alex, Burns, Sarah
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) Dec2015
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          McClimens, Alex
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        affil: Senior research fellow, Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Sheffield Hallam University
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          Education, Nursing History
          Students, Nursing Psychosocial Factors
          Intellectual Disability Nursing
          Public Policy History
          United Kingdom
          Community Health Nursing
          Specialization
          Workforce Education
          Staff Development
          Persons with Disabilities Psychosocial Factors
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