title: Palliative care and learning disabilities.
abstract: This article explores the problems nurses may come across when a client with a learning disability develops a terminal illness. The client's understanding of illness and death is discussed. Also explored is the client's need for relationships, as well as the family's needs. Close cooperation between carers and all professionals involved is essential for providing maximum and appropriate support.
authors.affiliation: Trinity Hospice, London.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tuffrey-Wijne
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*