Pain in people with learning disabilities in residential settings - the need for change

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-209

  Beacroft, Monica ^a   Dodd, Karen ^a  

^a SURREY AND BORDERS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medication; Pain communication aids; Pain management; Pain recognition; Pain recognition tools; People with learning disabilities; Staff

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955634006     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2009.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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