TY - JOUR
T1 - Preventing 'deaths by indifference'
T2 - identification of reasonable adjustments is key.
AU - Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene
AU - Hollins, Sheila
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - People with intellectual disabilities are at risk of premature death due to failings in healthcare provision. To prevent this, it is important for healthcare services to identify and flag not only vulnerable conditions (including intellectual disability, dementia and mental health problems), but also the specific adjustments needed by individual patients.
AB - People with intellectual disabilities are at risk of premature death due to failings in healthcare provision. To prevent this, it is important for healthcare services to identify and flag not only vulnerable conditions (including intellectual disability, dementia and mental health problems), but also the specific adjustments needed by individual patients.
KW - Health services research
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25252315
U2 - 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.142299
DO - 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.142299
M3 - Article
C2 - 25252315
SN - 0007-1250
VL - 205
SP - 86
EP - 87
JO - British Journal of Psychiatry
JF - British Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -