Supporting Primary Healthcare Professionals to Care for People with Intellectual Disability: A Research Agenda

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-42

  Lennox, Nicholas ^a   Van Driel, Mieke L ^a   van Dooren, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health assessments; Inequality; Intellectual disability; Primary care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84919680817     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jar.12132     Document Type: Article

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