TROG: a communication test for service users
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TROG: a communication test for service users

Matt Broadway-Horner Senior consultant, Broadway-Horner consultancy, Mental health and learning disability

An assessment of language skills helps healthcare staff communicate with people with a mild learning disability

If all healthcare staff understood how language can be a barrier to care, service users might not feel discriminated against and experience minority stress.

Learning Disability Practice. 23, 1, 14-14. doi: 10.7748/ldp.23.1.14.s13

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