Perspectives on the essential skills of healthcare decision making in children and adolescents with intellectual disability
Abstract Background Involvement in healthcare decisions is associated with better health outcomes for patients. For children and adolescents with intellectual disability, parents and healthcare professionals need to balance listening to a child’s wishes with the responsibility of keeping them safe....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-06-01
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Series: | International Journal for Equity in Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02204-5 |