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Health care and the autism spectrum : a guide for health professionals, parents and carers / Alison Morton-Cooper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morton-Cooper, Alison.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autism.
- Medical care.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (130 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Jessica Kingsley, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ''You'll just feel a little scratch then it will all be over.'' This well-worn phrase to reassure patients about injections is unlikely to win over the patient if they happen to have autism. Communication difficulties, sensory overload and extreme discomfort with physical contact are all traits common in autism that make basic patient care and routine medical procedures extremely difficult. In a patient who is exquisitely sensitive to touch, how do you go about taking blood pressure or dressing a wound? How can you be sure that your autistic patient has given 'informed' consent to treatment if
- Contents:
- How this book can help
- Consultation and health assessment
- Going to hospital
- Treatment
- Nursing care issues
- Social support.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283904834
- 1283904837
- 9781846426469
- 1846426464
- OCLC:
- 191039106
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