title: Preventing 'deaths by indifference': identification of reasonable adjustments is key.
abstract: People with intellectual disabilities are at risk of premature death due to failings in healthcare provision. To prevent this, it is important for healthcare services to identify and flag not only vulnerable conditions (including intellectual disability, dementia and mental health problems), but also the specific adjustments needed by individual patients.
authors.affiliation: Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, PhD, Kingston University and Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, St George's University of London; Sheila Hollins, FRCPsych, FRCPCH, FRCP, St George's University of London, UK.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tuffrey-Wijne
authors.affiliation: Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, PhD, Kingston University and Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, St George's University of London; Sheila Hollins, FRCPsych, FRCPCH, FRCP, St George's University of London, UK.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hollins
mesh_terms: D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000628:therapy*; D061214:Patient Safety; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom