Strömberg G, Westman G
Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin, allmänmedicin, Umeå Universitet.
Lakartidningen. 2001 Sep 19;98(38):4054-8.
People with serious functional disabilities do not always call attention to their needs for care, and are therefore a vulnerable group in our society. In Sweden, The Act Concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments (LSS) is intended to provide for them. Our research found that people with serious physical or psychiatric disability suffer more often from intercurrent disease and have more problems with their eyesight, hearing and dental health than do other individuals. The responsibility for their respective health care needs must be clarified, so that the group is given priority access to the health care system and services for rehabilitation.
严重功能残疾者并不总是会让人们注意到他们的护理需求，因此他们是我们社会中的弱势群体。在瑞典，《关于为某些功能障碍者提供支持和服务的法案》（LSS）旨在为他们提供保障。我们的研究发现，严重身体或精神残疾者比其他人更容易患并发疾病，并且在视力、听力和牙齿健康方面存在更多问题。必须明确他们各自的医疗保健需求的责任，以便该群体能够优先获得医疗保健系统和康复服务。
