The education and training needs of learning disability staff in relation to mental health issues

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-38

  Bates, Peter ^a   Priest, Helena M ^b   Gibbs, Michael ^b  

^a National Development Team   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education needs; Interprofessional education; Learnig disability; Mental health; Training needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SKILL; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 1542315559     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-5953(03)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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