Perspectives on the essential skills of healthcare decision making in children and adolescents with intellectual disability

• Main Authors: Jenny Downs (Author), Jessica Keeley (Author), Rachel Skoss (Author), Jaquie Mills (Author), Thom Nevill (Author), Alice Schippers (Author), Olivia Lindly (Author), Sandra Thompson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Involvement in healthcare decisions is associated with better health outcomes for patients. For children and adolescents with intellectual disability, parents and healthcare professionals need to balance listening to a child's wishes with the responsibility of keeping them s...