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Article: Study results from R. Linroth et al provide new insights into child neurology.
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- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- October 24, 2009
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"This paper describes how Gillette Specialty Healthcare developed a program to meet the specialty-care outpatient and in-patient needs of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and other serious congenital disabilities as they made the transition to early adulthood. The program began in 2001, with the opening of a pilot clinic for adult outpatients," researchers in the United States report.
"Several years later, the hospital opened a small in-patient unit for selected patients. Careful planning, consultation with staff, and partnerships with caregivers were crucial to program development. Attention to the physical environment was also essential. Utilizing an ...