Children with complex and continuing health needs : the experiences of children, families and care staff /

'This book draws on the experiences of a number of families to provide a valuable and deeply moving insight into what it means to raise a child with complex needs. It highlights both the joys and the challenges that families face. In doing so it raises important issues about how services in the...

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Main Author: Hewitt-Taylor, Jaqui
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:'This book draws on the experiences of a number of families to provide a valuable and deeply moving insight into what it means to raise a child with complex needs. It highlights both the joys and the challenges that families face. In doing so it raises important issues about how services in the UK are currently responding to children with complex needs and their families as well as pervasive disablist attitudes within society. This book will provide students and practitioners from a range of disciplines with a valuable window into families' lives and challenge them to reflect on how they are s.
Physical Description:1 online resource (207 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and indexes.
ISBN:9781846427312
1846427312
1281733741
9781281733740
9786611733742
6611733744
1843105020
9781843105022
Language:English.