Caring for people with learning disabilities in emergency care

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 23-30

  Sowney, Margaret ^a   Brown, Michael ^b,c   Barr, Owen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY NURSING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY NURSING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEARNING DISORDERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745984174     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2006.05.14.2.23.c1225     Document Type: Review

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