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01 January 2000 | Vol 2, Issue 4
CPD

Managing and treating obesity in people with learning disabilities

Second opinion

Too HOT to handle?

Steven Rose

Book review

The Quality of Qualitative Research

John Turnbull

Maternity Services for Women with Learning Difficulties: A Report of a Partnership of Midwives, Community Nurses and Parents

Yvonne Cox

Taking Turns Around Recreation and Leisure

Sarah Maguire

Diary

Diary dates

Network

Learning disability nurses still making a difference

John Turnbull

Stress workshops for people with learning disabilities

Ann Hedges

Slow progress for people with ADHD

Jane Wood

Children

Nurses’ attitudes to disability

Lucy Holmes

Challenging needs

An emotional challenge

Karen McKenzie, Lucie Hamilton, Edith Matheson, Karen McKaskie, George Murray

Spirituality

Laetatus sum

Michael Foster

Reflections

Trials and tribulations

Melanie Gaylor

Research

The story so far

Ian McMillan

Researching the careers of diploma qualified learning disability nurses

Sarah Robinson, Rachel Hardyman, Gary Hickey, Louise Marsland, Trevor Murrells, Alison Tingle

Feature

Sudden death

Jane Hanna

Profile

Dawson’s advocate

News

Autism caught by EarlyBird

News

Putting new strategy values into action

News In brief

New strategy promised for learning disability services

Expectations not being met

Services lack quality standards

John Turnbull

Editorial

A challenging agenda

John Turnbull

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