Access to secondary healthcare for people with intellectual disabilities: A review of the literature

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 514-525

  Backer, Clare ^a   Chapman, Melanie ^b   Mitchell, Duncan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Manchester Learning Disability Partnership   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute services; Healthcare; Hospital; Intellectual disabilities; Liaison models; Literature review; Secondary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349838733     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2009.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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