A systematic review of hospital experiences of people with intellectual disability

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Iacono, Teresa ^a   Bigby, Christine ^a   Unsworth, Carolyn ^a   Douglas, Jacinta ^a   Fitzpatrick, Petya ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 84930068775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0505-5     Document Type: Review

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