Responding to pain needs of people with a learning disability/intellectual disability and dementia: What are the key lessons

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-76

  Kerr, Diana ^a   Wilkinson, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; intellectual disability; learning disability; pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SENESCENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33947169234     PISSN: 21911231     EISSN: 21910367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJDHD.2006.5.1.69     Document Type: Article

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