Roles of general practitioners in the provision of health care services for people with intellectual disabilities: A national census in Taiwan

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 582-591

  Lin, Jin Ding ^a   Hsu, Shang Wei ^b   Yen, Chia Feng ^a   Chou, Ying Ting ^a   Wu, Chia Ling ^c   Chu, Cordia M ^d   Loh, Ching Hui ^e  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Chung Hua Foundation for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities   (Taiwan)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Family physician; General practitioners; Health policy; Intellectual disability; Role perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349841134     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2009.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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