 | Tertiary paediatrics needs a disability model |
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Tertiary paediatrics needs a disability model
Brian Neville
Neurosciences
Unit, Institute of Child Health (UCL), The Wolfson Centre, Mecklenburgh
Square, London WC1N 2AP, UK
Correspondence to: Professor Neville
Accepted 7 March 2000
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Background |
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Many of the children coming to a specialist children's hospital or unit, particularly inpatients, are "disabled". Disabled in this context means that the children have medium or long term limitations to their mobility and ability to care for themselves. Their problems and needs are complex and multiple. They require a multidisciplinary team to assess and manage problems. These problems often have a serious impact on their own and their family's lives. Families may be disadvantaged potentially by both the process of coping with disability and the difficulties of obtaining medical care. It is likely that any single specialist group within the hospital will not identify all of the problems that are experienced by families.
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International perspective on disability |
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The United Nations General Assembly agreed on 24 December 1993 (Resolution 48/96) some standard rules for the equalisation of
opportunities for persons with disabilities. The document published in
1994 gives a straightforward account of the rules.1 To
convey a
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