Learning disability and other intellectual impairments [[electronic resource] ] : meeting needs throughout health services / / edited by Louise L. Clark and Peter Griffiths

• Pubblicazione: Chichester ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.196/85889
• Soggetto topico: Learning disabled - Medical care - Great Britain; Learning disabled - Services for - Great Britain; Learning disabilities - Nursing - Great Britain
• Altri autori: ClarkLouise L GriffithsPeter, RMN.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Learning Disability and other Intellectual Impairments : Meeting Needs Throughout Health Services; Contents; Editors; Contributors; Foreword; 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; 2 MEETING THE HEALTH NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; 3 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; 4 PRIMARY CARE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; 5 TRANSITIONS IN THE AGEING POPULATION; 6 THE OLDER ADULT, INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT AND THE DEMENTIAS; 7 EMERGENCY AND URGENT HOSPITAL-BASED CARE; 8 ADMISSION TO ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; 9 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL ISSUES; 10 CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR ; 11 CONSENT AND CAPACITY12 THE FUTURE OF SERVICES FOR INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Learning Disability and other Intellectual Impairments is the first book of its kind to explore the similarities and parallels between the needs of people with various types of intellectual impairments as they encounter health services. It not only looks at the shared issues from a bio-psycho-social perspective, but also discusses the transferable skills that a practitioner can develop working across these groups. It identifies the key skills and knowledge that professionals need in order to work with intellectually impaired patients whether they are in the hospital or at home.Rather t
• Titolo autorizzato: Learning disability and other intellectual impairments
• ISBN: 1-282-34219-3; 9786612342196; 0-470-69786-5; 0-470-69789-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144672203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II