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Clinical Perspectives in the Management of Down Syndrome
. Ed(S): Dyke, Don C.van; Lang, David J.; Heide, Frances
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Paperback. Editor(s): Dyke, Don C.Van; Lang, David J.; Heide, Frances. Series: Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM; MMH; MQV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
The management of and attitudes toward children and adults with Down syndrome have undergone considerable changes in the course of the condi tion's long history (Zellweger, 1977, 1981, Zellweger & Patil, 1987). J. E. D. Esquirol (1838) and E. Seguin (1846) were probably the first physicians to witness the condition without using currently accepted diagnostic designa tions. Seguin coined the terms furfuraceus or lowland cretinism in contradis tinction to the goiterous cretinism endemic at that time in the Swiss Alps. Esquirol, as well as Seguin, had a positive attitude toward persons who were mentally ill or mentally subnormal. Esquirol pioneered ... Read more
The management of and attitudes toward children and adults with Down syndrome have undergone considerable changes in the course of the condi tion's long history (Zellweger, 1977, 1981, Zellweger & Patil, 1987). J. E. D. Esquirol (1838) and E. Seguin (1846) were probably the first physicians to witness the condition without using currently accepted diagnostic designa tions. Seguin coined the terms furfuraceus or lowland cretinism in contradis tinction to the goiterous cretinism endemic at that time in the Swiss Alps. Esquirol, as well as Seguin, had a positive attitude toward persons who were mentally ill or mentally subnormal. Esquirol pioneered ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Series
Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461396468
SKU
V9781461396468
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