Intellectual Disabilities: Health and Social Care Across the Lifespan

This textbook provides nurses, allied health and social care professionals with the background knowledge necessary to support individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families. It is a unique and viable resource which is particularly timely, as recent decades have seen a significant change in the demographics and associated care and support needs of this population.

The textbook is laid into four sections to provide a logical structure for the content with chapters developing ke...