title: Birth of a sick or handicapped infant: impact on the family.
abstract: The experience of bearing and caring for a sick or handicapped infant is described from the point of view of parents, whose responses were gathered from a clinical study. Implications for the child's development and ways of supporting the family are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012801:Sibling Relations