People with intellectual disability often have health needs that go
unrecognised and untreated; this may be because of difficulties in
communication, diagnostic overshadowing, discrimination or
indifference. There is concern that public health measures aimed at
reducing the main health killers in the population will not address
these issues for people with intellectual disability and may
preferentially widen the inequality that already exists. This book is
a comprehensive and systematic review of physical and mental health
co-morbidities in people with intellectual disability. Such an
evidence base is vital in shaping public health policy, healthcare
commissioning and the development of more effective healthcare
systems, as well as supporting better understanding and practice at an
individual clinical level. This is essential reading for policy makers
and commissioners of services, as well as individual practitioners
across mainstream and specialist health and social care, in
considering not only service developments but practice at the
coalface.
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ISBN
9780511848056
Publisert
2014
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Cambridge University Press
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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