"Our review of eligible papers revealed that despite 20 years of research and government initiatives, people with intellectual disability continue to have poor hospital experiences. The need for research to identify and investigate care at specific points of encounter across a hospital journey (such as admission, diagnostic testing, placement on a ward, and discharge) as well as to include people with a diversity of disabilities is discussed in terms of potential to influence policy and practice across health and disability sectors."
A systematic review of hospital experiences of people with intellectual disability
T Iacono, C Bigby, C Unsworth, J Douglas, P Fitzpatrick
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:505 doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0505-5
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