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Emergency and urgent hospital-based care
This chapter addresses the needs of people with intellectual impairment including learning disability, cognitive impairment, and brain injury, when attending hospital in emergency and unplanned situations. Throughout the focus will be on the client and how healthcare professionals can improve what is potentially a very distressing experience for them. Staff who feel unprepared for working with clients with intellectual impairment can also be distressed by the diffi culties in assessing and managing someone who is injured, in pain, and frightened - particularly when the client is expressing this in ways that may appear confused or are problematic to assess. Therefore recommendations will be made at intrapersonal, interpersonal and organizational levels. © 2008 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Learning Disability and Other Intellectual Impairments: Meeting Needs Throughout Health ServicesPublisher
John Wiley & Sons LtdPage range
117-138Pages
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Learning Disability and Other Intellectual Impairments: Meeting Needs Throughout Health ServicesPlace of publication
West SussexISBN
9780470034712Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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Louise Clark, Peter GriffithsLegacy Posted Date
2015-05-21Usage metrics
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