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Magrab PR, ed. 1992. Proceedings of the International Congress on Serving Children with Special Health Care Needs in the Community. Washington, DC: Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy, Georgetown University, 159 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings are from The International Congress on Serving Children with Special Health Care Needs in the Community, held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on June 15-19, 1992. This conference brought together Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, and American professionals in child health and developmental disabilities to share information about different ways to deliver services to children with special health care needs. For The United States, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, and the United States, the proceedings cover the following topics: (1) overview of health care for children, (2) building community-based systems of care for children with special health care needs, (3) identification of disabilities, (4) early intervention, (5) school and community inclusion, (6) supporting families of children with disabilities, and (7) bulding family centered, community-based systems of care. Five appendices are included: (1) conference fact sheet, (2) meeting agenda, (3) participant list, (4) team faculty consultants, and (5) October 1992 update on project activities.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Community programs, Conference proceedings, Czech Republic, Developmental disabilities, Early intervention, Family support, Health care services, Health care systems, Hungary, International health, Schools, Slovakia, United States

Czeizel A. 1988. The right to be born healthy: The ethical problems of human genetics in Hungary. New York, NY: Alan R. Liss, 194 pp.

Annotation: This book describes the author's experiences in operating a genetics counseling service in Hungary and presents case studies of individuals with a variety of genetic conditions, for whom pregnancy may be undertaken, may be approved with conditions, or should not be undertaken. It also discusses a baby's right to be born healthy, the dilemma of mother's versus infant's life, the ethical issues in keeping severely handicapped infants alive, the responsibility of men and women in taking genetics into account when choosing mates, artificial insemination, and ethical dilemmas of medical geneticists.

Keywords: Case studies, Ethics, Genetic counseling, Genetics, Hungary, International health

Mencher GT. 1972 (ca.). Report of a visit to Israel and Yugoslavia, July 15-October 9, 1972 under the Exchange of Experts Program. [Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska] , 49 pp.

   

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