'I Feel Pain'- audit of communication skills and understanding of pain and health needs with people with learning disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Beacroft, Monica ^a   Dodd, Karen ^a  

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

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955615253     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2010.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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