Illness in people with intellectual disabilities

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7644, 2008, Pages 570-571

  Ali, Afia ^a   Hassiotis, Angela ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hackney Learning Disability Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEARNING DISORDER;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 40949127396     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39490.543137.80     Document Type: Editorial

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