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Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan

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This chapter focuses on practical applications associated with the care of patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the emergency department focusing on emergency assessment, barriers to care, and understanding and utilizing the circles of supports as central to effective interdisciplinary care management. Recognition and utilization of the primary care medical home and the importance of smooth transitions and continuity of care will be the context for maximizing care quality within the emergency environment.

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We would like to acknowledge Nechama W. Greenwood, CPM, MA for her help with the editing of this chapter.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, Boston University, 771 Albany St, Boston, MA, 02118, USA

    Deborah Dreyfus M.D., M.Sc.

  2. Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University, 1150 Varnum St NE, Washington, DC, 20017, USA

    Kim A. Bullock

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  1. Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage and Disability and Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    I. Leslie Rubin

  2. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Medical Services, Division for Developmental and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel

    Joav Merrick

  3. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

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Dreyfus, D., Bullock, K.A. (2016). Emergency Care. In: Rubin, I.L., Merrick, J., Greydanus, D.E., Patel, D.R. (eds) Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18096-0_137

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