title: Grasping the research nettle in learning disabilities nursing.
abstract: This article addresses the need for ongoing research into clinical nursing practice in learning disabilities nursing. In particular, it explores the issues of informed consent and paternalism and promotes the development of ethics committees in learning disabilities nursing.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kay
mesh_terms: D017041:Ethics Committees; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000451:nursing*; D015399:Nursing Research