EMG Considerations in the Pediatric Patient
8 EMG Considerations in the Pediatric Patient Gloria M. Galloway, MD, FAAN FEAR AND DISCOMFORT Performing electrodiagnostic procedures in pediatric patients can be challenging in part because the test can…
Language and Communication Factors to Consider When Supporting People with FASD Involved with the Legal System
Fig. 1 Neuropsychological domains As a model, Fig. 1 is rather static, and fails to capture the dynamic and interactive nature of human communication. A better model for our purposes is that…
Interventions in Management of Offenders with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
FASD rates among offenders Authors Study Rates (%) Rojas and Gretton (2007) File review 230 youths (13–18) 10.9 Murphy and Chittenden ‘07 Survey 137 youth (14–19) 11.7 Fast et al….
Did not Take on This Job of Parent in Order to Raise Criminals
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Monty Nelson and Marguerite Trussler (eds.)Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Ethical and Legal PerspectivesInternational Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine6310.1007/978-3-319-20866-4_18 I Did not Take on This…
Challenges of Raising an FASD Child in Canada
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Monty Nelson and Marguerite Trussler (eds.)Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Ethical and Legal PerspectivesInternational Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine6310.1007/978-3-319-20866-4_17 The Challenges of Raising an FASD…
Secondary Disabilities
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Monty Nelson and Marguerite Trussler (eds.)Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Ethical and Legal PerspectivesInternational Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine6310.1007/978-3-319-20866-4_16 Minimizing Secondary Disabilities Inger Thormann1 (1) Copenhagen,…
and the Concept of “Intellectual Disability Equivalence”
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Monty Nelson and Marguerite Trussler (eds.)Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Ethical and Legal PerspectivesInternational Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine6310.1007/978-3-319-20866-4_15 FASD and the Concept of “Intellectual…
in a Canadian Aboriginal Community Context—An Exploration of Some Ethical Issues Involving the Access to FASD Service Delivery
Population Population Prevalence rate (%) Population FASD Canadiana 35,540,400 3.6 1,279,454 Canadian birthsb 383,822 3.6 13,818 Aboriginalc 1,400,685 3.6 50,424 Aboriginal birthsd 33,616 3.6 1,210 aRetrieved from: Statistics Canada: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/140926/dq140926b-eng.htm…
Care and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the UK
Summary and Conclusion Most people with FASD feel like a ‘square peg in a round hole’, no service or facility fits their requirements, and they are grossly misunderstood. People with…
& Justice: The Ethical Case for Effective Training and Knowledge Mobilization Practices for Frontline Justice Professionals in Canada
Canada Saskatchewan Source Total Population 34,880,500 1,080,000 Statistics Canada, (2012) RCMP Officers 29,235 1,393 Royal Canadian Mounted Police, (2012); Government of Saskatchewan, (2012) Municipal Police Officers 40,636 1,033 Burczycka,…
