Access to services and meeting the needs of people with disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-50

  Lennox, Tamsin N ^a   Nadkarni, Joanne ^a   Moffat, Peter ^a   Robertson, Caroline ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health needs; Learning disability; Primary care services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0037366589     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469004703007001604     Document Type: Article

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