Learning disability and other intellectual impairments : meeting needs throughtout health services
Contributor(s): Clark, Louise L | Griffiths, Peter, RMN.
Publisher: Chichester ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2008Description: xii, 244 p.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780470034712; 9780470034712:; 0470034718.Subject(s): Learning disabled -- Medical care -- Great Britain | Learning disabled -- Services for -- Great Britain | Learning disabilities -- Nursing -- Great Britain | Learning Disorders -- nursing -- Great Britain | Community Mental Health Services -- Great Britain | Health Services Needs and Demand -- Great BritainDDC classification: 371.9Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to intellectual impairment / Louise L. Clark & Peter Griffiths -- Meeting the health needs of people with Intellectual Impairment / Steve Higgins & Mary O'Toole -- Effective Communication / Garry Diack & Howard Cohen -- Primary care services for people with intellectual impairment / Louise Barriball, Allan Hicks, Howard Cohen, Liz Lewry -- Transitions in the ageing population / Theresa Wiseman, Karen Lowton & Ian Noonan -- The older adult, intellectual impairment & the dementias / Emma Ouldred & Catherine Bryant -- Emergency and urgent hospital based case / Ian Noonan & Karen Lowton -- Admission to acute mental health services / Mary O'Toole, Mike Reid & Rob Winterhalder -- Psychopharmacological issues / Rob Winterhalder -- Challenging behaviour / Michael Kelly -- Consent and Capacity / Alison Hobden & Simon Mills -- The future of services for intellectual impairment / Peter Griffiths, Rob Winterhalder, Allan Hicks & Louise L. Clark -- Index.
'Learning Disability and Other Intellectual Impairments' identifies the skills and knowledge that health care students and professionals need in order to work with intellectually impaired patients whether they are in the hospital or at home.