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Learning disabilities and the HIV epidemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Neil Brener  and
Danitza Jadresic
Neil Brener
Affiliation:
Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF
Danitza Jadresic
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
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It has been said that there is little likelihood of risk contact between people with learning disabilities in institutions and HIV infected people in the community and also that the shift of patients with learning disabilities from large institutions towards the community does not augur well for the prevention of HIV infection. There is little evidence for either of these views.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 10 , October 1992 , pp. 638 - 639
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