Meeting the Health Needs of People Who Have a Learning Disability

by Jeannette Thompson MA BSc(Hons) RNMH DipN(Lond) CertEd ITEC PGDip(HSSM) DipMan

The notion of addressing bad health and promoting good health among people with learning disabilities is relatively new. Concepts of 'normalisation' of services, integration of people into local communities and providing an 'inclusive' (rather than exclusive) ethos for care have led to the understanding that people with learning disabilities have the right to be treated with the same respect as everyone else. Recognition of their spiritual, legal,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702025321
• ISBN13: 9780702025327
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.7"