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    Pediatr Clin North Am. 1975 Aug;22(3):561-70.

    Management problems of mentally retarded children and their families.

    Abstract

    Pediatricians faced with the difficult task of providing management services to mentally retarded children and their families are confronted with a number of difficult problems. These range all the way from deciding how to inform parents that their child is retarded to dealing with grandparents who are a source of stress. Successful handling of these problems requires a recognition that management is central to the care of the mentally retarded child. The needs of mentally retarded children and their families will not be met by interacting with families only around issues of acute physical illness. Attention must be directed toward psychosocial as well as medical variables and the emphasis must be on the total family system.

    PMID:
    1101176
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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