Emotional Problems of Orthopedically Handicapped Children Following Prolonged Convalescent Care: A Study of Eight Cases Known to the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, Between 1938-1948
Abstract
The orthopedic disabilities of children often require not just a single surgical procedure, but a series of them. These operations may be followed by, or interspersed with, prolonged periods of convalescence. It is imperative therefore, that those who provide the care for these children realize fully the possible traumatic effects that can result from these necessary periods of abnormal living. Only those who know man both in his parts and in his entirety, simultaneously under his anatomical, physiological, and mental aspects, are capable of understanding him when he is sick.
Subject Area
Disability studies|Personality psychology|Clinical psychology
Recommended Citation
Ryan, Margaret Mary, "Emotional Problems of Orthopedically Handicapped Children Following Prolonged Convalescent Care: A Study of Eight Cases Known to the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, Between 1938-1948" (1949). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI29281752.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI29281752
