Personal assistance for children and adolescents (0-18) with intellectual impairments
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Personal assistance for children and adolescents (0-18) with both physical and intellectual impairments.
BACKGROUND There is a high and increasing prevalence of impairments among children and adolescents in the West. Many countries offer personal assistance in the form of individualised support for people living in the community by a paid assistant other than a healthcare professional for at least 20 hours per week. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of personal assistance for children and a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006858.pub2