Journal of Disability and Oral Health
- Cover Date:
- April 2007
- Print ISSN:
- 1470-8558
- Electronic ISSN:
- 1754-2758
- Vol:
- 8
- Issue:
- 1
Using large numbers can overwhelm efforts to secure care for children with special health care needs. A case study in the USA
The continued use of large numbers and proportions to describe the population of children with special health care needs overwhelms comprehension and may inhibit the ability to develop programmes to provide necessary services. Similarly, the all-too-often positive emphasis in government reports masks the realities that confront individuals with special health care needs and their families. A case-report is presented of the effort in the United States, to translate larger numbers into more discrete units which would be more meaningful.
- Article Price
- £15.00
- Institution Article Price
- £15.00
- Page Start
- 34
- Page End
- 36
- Authors
- Steven P Perlman, H Barry Waldman
Articles from this issue
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- An analysis of the pattern of dental treatment provided for patients with disabilities requiring treatment under general anaesthesia
- 9
- 12
- A longitudinal study of palatal plate therapy in children with Down syndrome. Effects on oral motor function
- 13
- 19
- Dyslexia and errors of left-right discrimination in undergraduate dental and postgraduate orthodontic students
- 23
- 27
- Delayed replantation of avulsed incisors in a child with cerebral palsy and epilepsy – a case report
- 31
- 33
- Using large numbers can overwhelm efforts to secure care for children with special health care needs. A case study in the USA
- 34
- 36
- Preparing a child with autism for dental prophylaxis using structured and instructional methods: a case report
- 45
- 47