Living with cerebral palsy : a study of school leavers suffering from cerebral palsy in Eastern Scotland /
Living with Cerebral Palsy.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
The Spastics Society Medical Education and Information Unit in association with Heinemann Medical Books,
1964.
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| Series: | Clinics in developmental medicine ;
no. 14. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Living with Cerebral Palsy; Foreword; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; Edinburgh; Dundee; Small Towns; CHAPTER 2. Classifications and Methods of Study; The Classification of Cerebral Palsy; Severity of Cerebral Palsy; Classification of Employment; Methods of Study; Contacting Patients; Description of Interviews; CHAPTER 3. The Survey Samples; The Patients Studied; Deaths of Patients Suffering from Cerebral Palsy; Untraced Patients; CHAPTER 4. Social Life and Personal Relationships; The Differences in Social Life Encountered in Edinburgh, Dundee and Small Towns.
- Family RelationshipsSchool Life; Relationships with the Opposite Sex; Hobbies and Occupations; Money; Holidays; CHAPTER 5. Employment; Edinburgh; Dundee; Small Towns; General Remarks; CHAPTER 6. Difficulties in Finding Work; Employment by Sex; Employment by Diagnosis and Severity of Physical Handicap; Employment by Intelligence; Employment and the Presence or Absence of Epilepsy; Employment and Speech Defects; The Appearance of Patients and Employment; Environmental Factors and Employment; CHAPTER 7. The Habilitation of Patients.
- Rhuemore Out-patient Clinic of the Scottish Council for the Care of SpasticsReferrals to the Employment Department following Clinical Assessment; Need for Training; Placing in Open or Sheltered Employment; Provision of Work for the Disabled; CHAPTER 8. Cerebral Palsy as a National Problem; Estimate of the Prevalence of Cerebral Palsy in Scotland; Expected Distribution of Patients by Diagnosis and Severity of Physical Handicap; Implications for the Community; REFERENCES; Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements.