Implementing epilepsy guidelines within a learning disability service

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 471-478

  Whitten, Esther ^a   Griffiths, Andrew ^a  

^a Dorothy Pattison Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epilepsy specialist nurse; Implementation; Learning disability; NICE guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34547673318     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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