Exam 11: Family and Disability Issues Through Infancy

A parent who spends much time and energy in choosing cute and fashionable clothing for her child, while rejecting splints, braces, or other medical devices recommended for the child is likely to be trying to:

The uncertainty in illness theory suggests that when a diagnosis is finally identified, parents often:

Birth defects are:

Which of the following is an iatrogenic health problem?

Parents may have problems supporting attachment with their high-risk infant because:

Parents who have had very frightening and distressing experiences in the health care system early in their child's life are likely to:

Children in single-parent homes are more likely to:

Palliative care is an area of health care that:

All of the following are true of siblings of high-risk or technology-dependent children EXCEPT:

Chronic sorrow is: