General practitioners' educational needs in intellectual disability health

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-149

  Phillips, Alex ^a   Morrison, J ^a   Davis, R W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; General practitioner; Health; Intellectual disability; Needs analysis; Physician

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; TRAINING;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; VICTORIA;

EID: 1242275099     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2004.00503.x     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2000) Medical labour force 1998. National labour force series number 16. AIHW Cat. Nos. HWL15, AIHW, Canberra.
2. AMA (Australian Medical Association), Victorian Branch (1997) Victorian Medical Directory and Handbook 1997/198. AMA, Melbourne.
3. Beange H. (1996) Caring for a vulnerable population. Medical Journal of Australia 164, 159-60.
4. Beange H. & Bauman A. (1990) Caring for the developmentally disabled in the community. Australian Family Physician 19, 1555-63.
5. Beange H., McElduff A. & Baker W. (1995) Medical disorders of adults with mental retardation: a population study. American Journal on Mental Retardation 99, 595-604.
6. Bond L., Kerr M., Dunstan F. & Thapar A. 0997) Attitudes of general practitioners towards health care for people with intellectual disability and the factors underlying these attitudes. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 41, 391-400.
7. Booth B. & Crozier A. M. (1995) Quality assurance: evaluation of the QA & CE program II. Australian Family Physician 24, 1192-3.
8. Cocks E. & Stehlik D. (1996) History of services. In: Disability: A Guide for Health Professionals (eds J. Annison, J. Jenkinson, W. Sparrow & E. Bethune), pp. 8-33. Thomas Nelson Australia, Melbourne.
9. Craig J. (1990) Perceived learning needs of family physicians in British Columbia. Canadian Family Physician 36, 262-5.
10. Dillman D. A. (1978) Mail and telephone surveys: The total design method. Wiley, New York.
11. Dovey S. & Webb O. (2000) General practitioners' perception of their role in care for people with an intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 44, 553-61.
12. Einfeld S. (1996) How to treat behaviour problems in people with an intellectual disability: patients move into GP domain. Australian Doctor November, 1-7.
13. Heberlein T. & Baumgartener R. (1978) Factors affecting response rates to mailed questionnaires: A quantitative analysis of the published literature. American Sociology Review 43, 447-62.
14. Howells G. (1986) Are the medical needs of mentally handicapped adults being met? Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 36, 449-53.
15. Imel S. (1994) Guidelines for working with adult learners. ERIC Digests Nos. 154 (identifier: Ed.377313). ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Career and Vocational Education, http://www.edsgov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed377313.html (Accessed 3 February 2003).
16. Kerr M., Dunstan F. & Thapar A. (1996) Attitudes of general practitioners to caring for people with learning disability. British Journal of General Practice 46, 92-4.
17. Lennox N., Cook A. & Diggens J. (1997a) Caring for adults with intellectual disabilities. Modern Medicine of Australia May, 79-87.
18. Lennox N., Diggens J. & Ugoni A. (1997b) The general practice care of people with intellectual disability: barriers and solutions. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 41, 380-90.
19. Lennox N., Diggens J. & Ugoni A. (2000) Health care for people with an intellectual disability: General Practitioners' attitudes, and provision of care. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability 25, 127-33.
20. Martin D., Roy A. & Wells M. (1997) Health gain through health checks: improving access to primary health care for people with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 41, 401-8.
21. McDermott S., Platt T. & Krishnaswami S. (1997) Are individuals with mental retardation at high risk for chronic disease? Clinical Research Methods 29, 429-34.
22. Minihan P. M., Dean D. H. & Lyons C. M. (1993) Managing the care of patients with mental retardation: a survey of physicians. Mental Retardation 31, 239-46.
23. Molony H. (1993) Mental health services for people with an intellectual disability: current developments. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities 18, 169-76.
24. RACGP (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners) (1998) QA & CE: Quality Assurance and Continuing Education Program 1999 2001. RACGP, Melbourne.
25. Reiss S., Levitan G. & Szysko J. (1982) Emotional disturbance and mental retardation: diagnostic overshadowing. American Journal of Mental Deficiency 86, 567-74.
26. Ryan R. & Sunada K. (1997) Medical evaluation of persons with mental retardation referred for psychiatric assessment. General Hospital Psychiatry 19, 274-80.
27. Turner S. & Moss S. (1996) The health needs of adults with learning disabilities and the Health of a Nation strategy. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 40, 438-50.
28. Whitfield M., Langan J. & Russell O. (1996) Assessing general practitioners' care of adult patients with a learning disability: case-control study. Quality in Health Care 5, 31-5.
29. Wilson D. & Haire A. (1990) Health screening for people with mental handicap living in the community. British Medical Journal 301, 1379-81.