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IHA Team
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Improving Communication With Patients Who Have Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

S. VanZant and E.A. Perkins created this 2015 fact sheet for the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities. The fact sheet aims to help doctors communicate better with patients who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The fact sheet includes advice on how to:

  • Build rapport.
  • Take the patient’s history.
  • Communicate during exams.
  • Discuss treatment.


#IntellectualandDevelopmentalDisabilities

Language, Culture & Diversity
Topic
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Audience
Health Care Professionals
Setting
Hospitals and Health Systems, Primary Care and Outpatient Practices
Level
Applied