ISSUES IN ESTABLISHING DISABILITY STATUS IN CHILDREN SUFFERING EFFECTS OF SEVERE CRANIOCEREBRAL INJURIES

We are currently seeing a stabilization of child disability indicators, while the number of children suffering effects of craniocerebral injuries is not decreasing. Modern medical and social assessment of such children and assigning them disability category «disabled child» play a special role in th...

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Main Authors: V.S. Polunin, E.A. Promyslova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Paediatrician Publishers, LLC 2010-07-01
Series:Pediatričeskaâ Farmakologiâ
Online Access:https://pf.spr-journal.ru/jour/article/view/1121
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Summary:We are currently seeing a stabilization of child disability indicators, while the number of children suffering effects of craniocerebral injuries is not decreasing. Modern medical and social assessment of such children and assigning them disability category «disabled child» play a special role in the process of medical and social rehabilitation. A medical and social analysis is made to identify causes of disability in children suffering effects of severe craniocerebral injuries. Recommendations on how to improve the process of assessment and rehabilitation of disabled children are made. Key words: disabled child, disabled children suffering effects of severe craniocerebral injuries, medical and social assessment. (Pediatric Pharmacology. – 2010; 7(4):68-70)
ISSN:1727-5776
2500-3089