Children With Facial Difference: A Parents' Guide
By Hope Charkins.
Description
Each year, thousands of children are born with facial difference-abnormalities of the bones and tissues of the head and face that are present at birth or appear a few years later. Some conditions occur more commonly, such as cleft lip and cleft palate, while others, such as hemifacial microsomia, Treacher Collins, Apert, and Crouzon syndromes, are rarer. In addition to the emotional hardship of a different appearance and the attached stigma, some of these conditions pose special health concerns. A resource that parents can turn to for help is Children with Facial Difference, the first compr...
ISBN(s)
0933149611, 9780933149618
