"Sometimes i feel overwhelmed": Educational Needs of Family Physicians Caring for People with Intellectual Disability

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-250

  Wilkinson, Joanne ^a   Dreyfus, Deborah ^b   Cerreto, Mary ^b   Bokhour, Barbara ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Health; Health disparities; Medical education; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 84867678249     PISSN: 19349491     EISSN: 19349556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-50.3.243     Document Type: Article

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