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Copying Letters to Service Users with Learning Disabilities: Opinions of Service Users, Carers and Professionals Working within Learning Disability Services
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Hovey, Toni; Cheswick, Claire – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
The NHS Plan, Department of Health (2000) made a commitment that patients should be able to receive copies of clinicians' letters about them as a right in order to improve communication and enable patients to participate in their care. In South Gloucestershire, the opinions of local service users with learning disabilities, their carers, and…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Mental Retardation, Opinions, Learning Disabilities
Regulation, Professional Responsibility, and Market Forces in the Health Care Field.
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Palmer, Alan K. – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
The interrelationship of market forces, government regulation, and self-regulation is discussed and the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) program involving competition in the health care field is reviewed. Concerns and misconceptions in the medical community about the FTC's involvement in the health care field are addressed. (Author/JMD)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Competition, Consumer Protection, Economics
A Survey of the Deaf Community Concerning Their Opinions, Needs and Knowledge of Audiology and Audiology Services.
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Butler, Charles E.; Martin, Frederick N. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1987
A survey questionnaire of 32 adult deaf subjects evaluated their knowledge of and interest in audiology and services of audiologists. Issues examined included communication, practices in audiology, deafness, hearing, the auditory system, delivery of specific services to the deaf community and general interrelationships in the deaf community.…
Descriptors: Adults, Allied Health Personnel, Attitudes, Audiology