An authoritative, evidence-based overview of the health needs of people with intellectual disabilities and how to manage these needs appropriately.
International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, and syndromes of developmental disabilities.
There are real-life case studies of people with intellectual disabilities who talk about changes they have made to their lives to try to reduce their risk of heart disease. Some of the changes they made centred on setting small ...
This book aims to help those supporting people with learning disabilities to achieve more equal outcomes.
... of individuals with disabilities and their families to actively participate and be included in all areas of society is important for their wellbeing. Useful resources • Bali, K. and Childs, S. (2005) The Art of Hiding Vegetables: ...
Learning Disability Nursing explores the theory and practice of learning disability nursing, with an emphasis on understanding the experiences of learning disability nurses as they seek to practice effectively.
The Handbook on Ageing with Disability is the first to pull together knowledge about the experience of ageing with disability.
These include : Trading Standards North West ; Heart of Mersey ; North West Action on Smoking and Health ( NW ASH ) ... a three - year regional strategy with an over - arching focus on reducing tobacco - related health inequalities .
Definition Health inequalities may be described as the gap in access to healthcare, or in the health status, between different and discrete populations. These populations may include people from different ethnic communities and social ...
Covering a variety of topics from 'Psychiatric Emergencies' to 'Ethics and clinical practice in psychiatry', chapters include vignettes of scenarios that may be encountered, making this book pertinent and easily applicable to many early ...
These essays by philosophers, economists, epidemiologists, and physicians attempt to determine how health inequalities should be conceptualized, measured, ranked, and evaluated.