Telling the truth-or not: Disclosure and information for people with intellectual disabilities who have cancer

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 365-370

  Bernal, Jane ^a   Tuffrey Wijne, Irene ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; developmental disability; Intellectual disability; mental retardation

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEOPLASM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; REVIEW;

EID: 59049091519     PISSN: 21911231     EISSN: 21910367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJDHD.2008.7.4.365     Document Type: Article

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