Caring for people who have intellectual disabilities

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 15-19

  Blair, Jim ^a,b,c  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity; Intellectual disability; Reasonable adjustments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIAGE;

EID: 84869175605     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2012.10.20.6.15.c9348     Document Type: Article

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