Training and developing staff in general hospitals: Intellectual disability liaison nurses and the RAID model

Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 390-398

  Walsh, Nick ^a   Handley, Tricia ^b   Hall, Ian ^a  

^a EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Intellectual; Liaison; Outcomes; RAID; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912083412     PISSN: 20441282     EISSN: 20441290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AMHID-04-2014-0006     Document Type: Article

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