End of life care planning for people with learning disabilities
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End of life care planning for people with learning disabilities

Pavan Amara Nurse, midwife and health journalist

Nurses are key to ensuring that service users’ wishes on end of life care are not rushed or missed

More than half of all people with learning disabilities will die before they reach 65, prompting researchers to call for radical changes in the way they receive end of life care, an area that research indicates is poorly understood.

Learning Disability Practice. 26, 6, 9-12. doi: 10.7748/ldp.26.6.9.s3

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