title: One size fits all: palliative care for people with learning disabilities.
abstract: The End of Life Care Strategy takes as inclusive an approach as possible, but can it make a difference for people with learning disabilities who are dying? Therefore we must ask ourselves 'Does one size fit all?'
authors.affiliation: Northumberland Physiotherapy Service, Northgate Hospital, Tyne & Wear NHS trust, Northumberland NE61 3BP.
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: Claud
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Regnard
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards