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Youngsters with Epilepsy within the Framework of the Social Institutions of Israel, with Special Reference to the Armed Services
Author(s) -
ELIAN MARTA
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1972.tb04549.x
Subject(s) - quarter (canadian coin) , epilepsy , unit (ring theory) , psychology , service (business) , military service , psychiatry , plan (archaeology) , rehabilitation , medicine , political science , history , business , physical therapy , law , mathematics education , archaeology , marketing
SUMMARY The importance of Service in the Army in the Israeli child's development and future has to be recognized. Rejection solely because of epilepsy affects only about a quarter of the epileptic youngsters, less than it seemed at first glance; most of them do reasonably well in civil life and probably would be able to do as well in a non‐combat unit of the Army, which would be to them like full rehabilitation. The fact that the 14 accepted, or about a quarter of the boys who applied, did quite well in the Army, supports the notion that a plan could be worked out which would benefit both the Army and the youngsters.