Equality and access to general health care for people with learning disabilities: Reality or rhetoric?

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-361

  Brown, Michael ^a   MacArthur, Juliet ^b   McKechanie, Andrew ^c   Hayes, Matthew ^b   Fletcher, Joan ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Health needs; Learning disabilities; Policy; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954260930     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987110370019     Document Type: Article

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