A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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<p>The authors review the literature on the impact of autism in a child on parents,
<p>The author describes how as a community nurse, she used her assessment skills and
<p>Staff face many challenges when caring for patients with a learning disability in
<p>The author describes how the Gloucestershire reasonable adjustment outcome tool w
<p>Being a patient in an intensive care unit can be extremely stressful.
<p>Aim There is increasing evidence to support the effectiveness of parent managemen
<p>This article describes a systematic review of approaches to measuring the satisfa
<p>It is increasingly important that people have input into the services they receiv
<p>Uptake of cancer screening by people with learning disabilities in England is poo
<p>Social deficits and anxiety are common among people with autism spectrum disorder
<p>Completing mental capacity assessments for individuals is a complicated process t
<p>The challenges of caring can cause severe stress to all concerned in ways that mu
<p>Persistent sleep disturbance is common among children and young people with an intellectual impairment, but the issue has rarely been addressed.
<p>The Mental Capacity Act and the code of practice (Department of Health (DH) (2005) make it clear that people should not be treated as unable to make a decision about their own lives unless all practicable steps to help them to do so have been taken without success.
<p>Those who care for people with learning disabilities must be able to manage a choking situation and possibly carry out basic life support.
<p>Health and education staff collaborated to run a group named ‘Show Club’ which aimed to develop emotion management in students with learning disabilities.
<p>The Down’s Syndrome Association carried out a survey of its members to find out how many had received an annual health check and how thorough it had been.
<p>This article draws on Melanie Chapman’s experiences of supporting Daniel Docherty, who has a learning disability and Asperger syndrome, to write his life story.
