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Gender-based violence: how to help women with learning disabilities

Women with learning disabilities are particularly vulnerable to abuse and nurses need to offer support and identify and challenge what is happening to them
Posted 08 June 2023 - 01:00
A  woman with Down’s syndrome leans her head against a tree looking downcast and vulnerable
 
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