Transferring young people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities from pediatric to adult medical care: Parents' experiences and recommendations

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 176-189

  Bindels de Heus, Karen G C B ^a   Van Staa, AnneLoes ^b   Van Vliet, Ingeborg ^c   Ewals, Frans V P M ^d   Hilberink, Sander R ^c  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Intellectual disability; Medical care; Parents; Severe generalized cerebral palsy; Transition; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE;

EID: 84881639456     PISSN: 19349491     EISSN: 19349556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-51.3.176     Document Type: Article

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