Reducing health inequalities in Scotland: The involvement of people with learning disabilities as national health service reviewers

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-58

  Campbell, Martin ^a   Martin, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expert patient; Health inequalities; Learning disabilities; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949884822     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2009.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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