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IMMEDIATE POST‐NATAL MANAGEMENT OF THE MOTHERS OF DOWN'S SYNDROME AND SPINA BIFIDA CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND 1971–1981
Author(s) -
Murdoch J. C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1984.tb01603.x
Subject(s) - spina bifida , citation , intellectual disability , psychology , pediatrics , medicine , library science , psychiatry , computer science
A questionnaire completed by the mothers of 123 children with Down's syndrome and 109 children with Spina bifida born over the past 10 years in Scotland has shown that the majority of mothers were given either a poor outlook or no outlook at all for their children. Only a minority were referred to social workers while in hospital. The separation from their child shortly after birth is a significant factor in both groups of mothers particularly mothers of Spina bifida children, 61% of whom never saw their child during their stay in hospital. While 41% of Down's mothers received a visit from a parent of a Down's child only 16% of Spina bifida mothers were so visited. Two-thirds of those not offered such a visit would have welcomed one.