General practice registrars' care of people with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-77

  Cook, Angus ^a   Lennox, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

EID: 0034083938     PISSN: 1326978X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/132697800112794     Document Type: Article

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