'If and when?': The beliefs and experiences of community living staff in supporting older people with intellectual disability to know about dying

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 980-992

  Wiese, M ^a   Dew, A ^a   Stancliffe, R J ^a   Howarth, G ^b   Balandin, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Community living staff; Death; Dying; End of life; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENTIALITY; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SUDDEN DEATH; TERMINAL CARE;

AGEING; COMMUNITY LIVING STAFF; DEATH; DYING; END OF LIFE; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT RIGHTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883049926     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01593.x     Document Type: Article

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