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Hunt EP Schiffer CG (1963)
Illness Among Children
A. North (1971)
Action for improved maternal and child health.The Journal of pediatrics, 78 1
Higging AC Richardson WP (1965)
The Handicapped Children of Alamance County?A Medical and Sociological Study
F. Ingelfinger (1972)
Haves and have-nots in the world of disease.The New England journal of medicine, 287 23
C. Battle (1972)
The role of the pediatrician as ombudsman in the health care of the young handicapped child.Pediatrics, 50 6
I. Pless, Klaus Roghmann (1971)
Chronic illness and its consequences: observations based on three epidemiologic surveys.The Journal of pediatrics, 79 3
Abstract The one feature that permits us to consider disorders as biologically diverse as diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, and hemophilia in the same light is the simple fact of their chronicity. Because most chronic illnesses are not curable and few will improve spontaneously, the care of children with these disorders is frustrating and complex. For many of these children the assistance of co-professionals is required, and the pediatrician's job becomes as much that of manager as active therapist. Because these disorders will persist for long periods if not indefinitely, there is a distinct risk that some children will begin to regard themselves as "sick" and "defective," rather than as persons with a sickness or defect. The evidence suggests, when this occurs, that secondary psychological and social disabilities follow, so that eventually the original disability may be compounded by secondary handicaps that will have further adverse effects on the child's future.1 The References 1. Pless IB, Roghmann KJ: Chronic illness and its consequences: Observations based on three epidemiologic surveys . J Pediatr 79:351-359, 1971.Crossref 2. North AF Jr: Action for improved maternal and child health . J Pediatr 78:167-176, 1971.Crossref 3. Schiffer CG, Hunt EP: Illness Among Children . US Government Printing Office, 1963. 4. Ingelfinger FJ: Haves and have-nots in the world of disease . N Engl J Med 287:1198-1199, 1972.Crossref 5. Richardson WP, Higging AC, Ames RC: The Handicapped Children of Alamance County—A Medical and Sociological Study . Nemours Foundation, 1965. 6. Battle CU: The roles of the pediatrician as ombudsman in the health care of the young handicapped child . Pediatrics 50:916-922, 1972.
American Journal of Diseases of Children – American Medical Association
Published: Dec 1, 1973
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