Counseling parents of infants with down's syndrome

1 December 1975

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine

Vol. 58 (7) , 90-95
https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1975.11714224

Abstract

Telling new parents that their baby has Down's sydrome takes a high degree of skill and sensitivity. What is said—and when, how, and by whom—will greatly influence the child's chances of being raised in a nurturing environment.

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