Health care for people with an intellectual disability: General practitioners' attitudes, and provision of care

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-133

  Lennox, Nicholas G ^a   Diggens, Justine ^a,b   Ugoni, Antoni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Ctr for Devmtl Disability Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0034034296     PISSN: 1326978X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13269780050033544     Document Type: Article

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