Discrimination and other barriers to accessing health care: perspectives of patients with mild and moderate intellectual disability and their carers.

BACKGROUND:People with intellectual disability have a higher prevalence of physical health problems but often experience disparities in accessing health care. In England, a number of legislative changes, policies and recommendations have been introduced to improve health care access for this populat...

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Main Authors: Afia Ali, Katrina Scior, Victoria Ratti, Andre Strydom, Michael King, Angela Hassiotis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3741324?pdf=render