Disclosing special needs to parents. Have we got it right yet?

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-14

  Pearson, D ^a,b   Simms, K ^a   Ainsworth, C ^a   Hill, S ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Island Clinical Psychology Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Special needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHANNEL ISLANDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PARENTS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0032622191     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.1999.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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