Improving Health Care Communication for Persons with Mental Retardation

Dennis Harper; John Wadsworth

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Improving Health Care Communication for Persons with Mental Retardation

Journal article

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Improving Health Care Communication for Persons with Mental Retardation

Dennis Harper and John Wadsworth

Public health reports (1974), Vol.107(3), pp.297-302

05/01/1992

PMCID: PMC1403650

PMID: 1594740

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Abstract

An education program was focused on health care professionals' use of basic communication skills when providing health information to an adult who is mentally retarded. Health care training needs to incorporate educational opportunities focusing on skills to assist special populations.

Health education

Interpersonal communication

Mental retardation

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Title: Subtitle: Improving Health Care Communication for Persons with Mental Retardation
Creators: Dennis Harper
John Wadsworth
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Public health reports (1974), Vol.107(3), pp.297-302
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
PMID: 1594740
PMCID: PMC1403650
ISSN: 0033-3549
eISSN: 1468-2877
Language: English
Date published: 05/01/1992
Academic Unit: Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Counselor Education; Teaching and Learning
Record Identifier: 9984371080702771

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