Why do so many health professionals assume service users matter less?
Wendy Johnson Head of safeguarding adults at risk and nursing lead for learning disabilities, Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Swindon
Overcoming discrimination is difficult when some believe people with learning disabilities are not worth treating
Death by Indifference, a report published by Mencap in 2007, documented stories of people with learning disabilities who had received care from the NHS described as ‘institutional discrimination’.
Learning Disability Practice.
26, 2, 16-16.
doi: 10.7748/ldp.26.2.16.s7
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