Disabled people's experiences of accessing reasonable adjustments in hospitals: a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Stuart Read (Author), Pauline Heslop (Author), Sue Turner (Author), Victoria Mason-Angelow (Author), Nadine Tilbury (Author), Caroline Miles (Author), Chris Hatton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The UK Equality Act 2010 requires providers of health services to make changes or 'reasonable adjustments' to their practices in order to protect disabled people from discrimination or disadvantage when accessing care. Existing evidence suggests that despite this legisl...