Failure of care in mental health trust: Déjà vu in terms of treatment of people with learning disabilities?
Journal Article
Willis, D. (2016)
Failure of care in mental health trust: Déjà vu in terms of treatment of people with learning disabilities?. BMJ, 352, ISSN 0959-8138
No abstract available.
What influences women with intellectual disabilities to attend breast screening? Experiences of women who have and have not participated
Journal Article
Willis, D. S., & Willis, D. (2016)
What influences women with intellectual disabilities to attend breast screening? Experiences of women who have and have not participated. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 44(4), (269-276). ISSN 1354-4187
Background: Despite breast screening in Britain being free to all women within the allotted age range, uptake of this service is often poor in women with intellectual disabili...
Working with the disabled patient: Exploring student nurses views for curriculum development using a swot analysis.
Journal Article
Willis, D., & Thurston, M. (2015)
Working with the disabled patient: Exploring student nurses views for curriculum development using a swot analysis. Nurse Education Today, 35, 383-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2014.10.013
Summary
Background
Increased longevity will mean an increase in people presenting with cognitive and physical disabilities, such as sight loss or dementia. The Patient Right...
Déjà vu in terms of treatment of people with learning disabilities?
Journal Article
Iacobucci, G., & Willis, D. (2015)
Déjà vu in terms of treatment of people with learning disabilities?. BMJ, 351, h6772. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h6772
Paid- and family-carers' views on supporting women with intellectual disability through breast screening: Carers views on breast screening
Journal Article
Willis, D., Kilbride, L., Horsburgh, D., & Kennedy, C. (2015)
Paid- and family-carers' views on supporting women with intellectual disability through breast screening: Carers views on breast screening. European Journal of Cancer Care, 24(4), 473-482. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12245
The cancer needs of people with intellectual disabilities are increasingly being debated. This paper explores the views and experiences of paid- and family-carers when support...
Inconsistencies in the roles of family- and paid- carers in monitoring health issues in people with learning disabilities: some implications for the integration of health and social care
Journal Article
Willis, D. (2014)
Inconsistencies in the roles of family- and paid- carers in monitoring health issues in people with learning disabilities: some implications for the integration of health and social care. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 43, 24-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12082
Accessible summary
•This paper looks at the views of paid- and family-carers about discussing health matters with people with learning disabilities.
•The author found that th...
Breast screening: participation of women with intellectual disabilities
Journal Article
Willis, D. (2013)
Breast screening: participation of women with intellectual disabilities. Learning Disability Practice, 16(4), 24-26. https://doi.org/10.7748/ldp2013.05.16.4.24.e1422
The NHS breast cancer screening programme has resulted in overdiagnosis of breast cancer in the general population. For women with intellectual disabilities, participation has...
Carte blanche to exclude women with intellectual disabilities? [Rapid Response]
Journal Article
Willis, D. (2012)
Carte blanche to exclude women with intellectual disabilities? [Rapid Response]. BMJ, 345,
An ethnographic exploration of the influences around participation in breast screening for women with learning disabilities
Thesis
Willis, D. An ethnographic exploration of the influences around participation in breast screening for women with learning disabilities. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5543
Background
Greater longevity means that many more women with learning disabilities (LD) are becoming eligible to participate in the NHS Breast Cancer Screening Programme (NHS...
Menopausal experiences of women with Intellectual Disabilities
Journal Article
Willis, D., Wishart, J. G., & Muir, W. J. (2010)
Menopausal experiences of women with Intellectual Disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 24, 74-85. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3148.2010.00566.x
Background
Little is known about the menopause in women with intellectual disabilities (ID) save that its onset is earlier than in the general population, and earlier still ...