A small-scale investigation of hospital experiences among people with a learning disability on Merseyside: Speaking with patients and their carers

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-212

  Dinsmore, Adam Peter ^a  

^a Mencap Liverpool   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fair treatment; Health care; Hospital; Learning disability; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865363143     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2011.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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