Increasing participation of people with learning disabilities in bowel screening.
Learning disability nurses have a key role in addressing the health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities. People with learning disabilities are less likely to participate in bowel screening than other sectors of the population, despite there being evidence of this population...
| Published in: | British Journal of Nursing Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 250 - 254 |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
3/8/2018
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