Hayes Catherine, Batey Glenn
Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sunderland.
Br J Nurs. 2013;22(7):384-6. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2013.22.7.384.
This article has been developed for allied health professionals. These practitioners may face significant barriers to providing high-quality healthcare to people with intellectual disabilities, just because they lack awareness of policies and initiatives in health. There are fundamental issues to address within the context of healthcare provision that are of direct relevance to improving services for people with intellectual disabilities with regard to their empowerment and the facilitation of care. Emphasis is placed upon the need for equity in healthcare for all and the need to avoid the tendency of society to homogenise all individual people with intellectual disabilities into one group, for whom empowerment cannot become panacea in reality.
本文是为健康和社会关怀专业人士撰写的。这些从业者在为智障人士提供高质量医疗保健方面可能面临重大障碍，仅仅是因为他们缺乏对健康政策和倡议的认识。在医疗保健提供的背景下，存在一些基本问题需要解决，这些问题与改善智障人士的服务直接相关，涉及他们的赋权和护理便利化。重点强调了全民医疗保健公平的必要性，以及需要避免社会将所有智障个体一概而论地归为一类的倾向，因为对这类人而言，赋权在现实中并非万能药。
