Management guidelines : people with developmental and intellectual disabilities
Lennox, Nicholas1999
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People with a developmental and/or intellectual disability are known to experience poor health. This book is intended to assist general practitioners, who play a cenral role in the management & coordination of care, as well as families and carers
Main title:
Management guidelines : people with developmental and intellectual disabilities / editors Nicholas Lennox and Justine Diggens
Author:
Imprint:
Melbourne Therapeutic Guidelines 1999
Collation:
281 p. illustrations
Contents:
How to communicate with your patient -- Methods of communication -- Informing parents of their child's disability -- Assessment of a child with developmental delay -- Management of a child with a developmental disability -- Management of an adolescent with an intellectual disability -- Adult healthcare -- Aged care -- Challenging behaviour -- Medication and challenging behaviour -- Assessment of psychiatric disorders -- Management of psychiatric disorders -- Epilepsy -- Sexuality -- Women's health issues -- Legal issues - consent and guardianship -- Down syndrome -- Cerebral palsy -- Autism spectrum disorders (pervasive developmental disorders) -- Fragile X syndrome -- Prader-Willi syndrome -- Tuberous sclerosis -- Rett syndrome -- Williams syndrome -- Angelman syndrome -- Noonan syndrome -- Resources -- Associations for specific syndromes
ISBN:
0958619808 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.1 MAN
Local class:
362.1
Language:
English
BRN:
93671
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | NADO Collection | 362.1 MAN | Available |