Primary Health Care for People with a Learning Disability
作者:
Mike Kerr,
William Fraser,
David Felce,
期刊:
British Journal of Learning Disabilities
(WILEY Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 24,
issue 1
页码: 2-8
ISSN:1354-4187
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-3156.1996.tb00192.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
The delivery of health care to people with a learning disability living in the community has come under increasing scrutiny. Concerns have been raised over both the current quality of this care and its future organisation. In this article we review the evidence on current practice focusing on epidemiology, health status and policy directives affecting primary health care. Four specific areas for service developments are identified: an individual focus within an epidemiological framework, the evaluation of the effectiveness of current therapies, practice organisation and the awareness of health within social care. It is proposed that an effective model of primary health care is possible, supported by research, training, inter‐service collaboration and purchasing guideline
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