End of life care planning for people with learning disabilities: Nurses are key to ensuring that service users' wishes on end of life care are not rushed or missed.

More than half of all people with learning disabilities will die before they reach 65, prompting researchers to call for radical changes in the way they receive end of life care, an area that research indicates is poorly understood.

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Publicado en:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 9 - 13
Autor principal: Amara, Pavan
Formato: pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) 12/5/2023
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Descripción
Sumario:More than half of all people with learning disabilities will die before they reach 65, prompting researchers to call for radical changes in the way they receive end of life care, an area that research indicates is poorly understood.