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Medical and psychosocial aspects of the habilitation of thalidomide children.
- Source :
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Canadian Medical Association journal [Can Med Assoc J] 1966 Aug 27; Vol. 95 (9), pp. 390-5. - Publication Year :
- 1966
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Abstract
- The habilitation of 34 thalidomide children, begun in 1963 at the Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal, involved the contribution of many medical and paramedical disciplines. These individual contributions are described.Habilitation of congenitally deformed children must be initiated at an early age. The early prescription of a prosthesis is desirable. Their care involves a broad range of services that must be continued over many years. Parents require support before they can accept the misfortune that has befallen them and their deformed child. Despite the necessity of frequent hospitalizations, children should be reared in a home setting. From their experience, the authors conclude that children born with malformations, and their parents, should be thoroughly evaluated and followed up for many years; and recommend that governments should finance programs for the complete habilitation of all children born with congenital malformations. National registries for the compulsory recording of birth deformities should also be established.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Child, Preschool
Deafness chemically induced
Ear Deformities, Acquired chemically induced
Ectromelia chemically induced
Facial Paralysis chemically induced
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital chemically induced
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Nursing Care
Occupational Therapy
Parent-Child Relations
Pregnancy
Psychological Tests
Rectovaginal Fistula chemically induced
Social Work
Social Work, Psychiatric
Abnormalities, Drug-Induced rehabilitation
Artificial Limbs
Ectromelia rehabilitation
Thalidomide adverse effects
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0008-4409
- Volume :
- 95
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Canadian Medical Association journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 5923651