A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
Clinical
<p>In June 2000 I wrote an article for this journal titled ‘Pioneering spirit’ (LDP
<p>There are about 210,000 people with severe learning disabilities in England, whil
<p>Russian children with learning disabilities who are unlucky enough to be put in o
<p>Issues relating to the sexuality of people with learning disabilities are receivi
<p>The adoption of clinical governance in the health service is a vital strand in at
<p>VULNERABILITY is not a condition we enjoy.
<p>In the past the views of people with learning disabilities were often ignored.
<p>By virtue of their disability, people with learning disabilities are vulnerable t
<p>If asked to think about the benefits of leisure, many people would link it to lea
<p>My first involvement with people with learning disabilities came during the 1970s
<p>In a review of literature concerning the use of physical interventions in learnin
<p>Life story books originated in social services settings for use with children who
<p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is not planning to recommend an end to specialist learning disability nurse training and replace it with a generic alternative, delegates at the conference were told.</p>
<p>Care mapping could high-light areas of staff weak-ness and help improve standards of person-centred care.
<p>Health professionals and carers of people with learning disabilities are currently in an uncertain legal position in relation to many of the activities they undertake for, or with, those for whom they care.</p>
<p>The need to facilitate the expression of spirituality among people with a learning disability has occupied me for some years (Foster 2000). Recently, however, I had to test the (holy) water and attempt to do something about it.
<p>The Scottish Executive has funded a three-year project to examine the effectiveness of an original, augmented communication resource called Talking Mats™ (Murphy 1998, see Appendix 1).</p>
<p>A growing number of people with learning disabilities either have babies or want to have one.
