title: Thoracic physiotherapy in paediatric intensive care.
abstract: Intensive care is the only area in paediatric physiotherapy in which the parents play little active part in treatment. In nearly every disease, whether thoracic, neurological or orthopaedic, the parents themselves carry out the treatment at home, and the therapist acts as teacher, supervisor and assessor. With inpatients, the parents must be taught to continue on discharge where the therapist leaves off. But in intensive care, the parents' role is to support the child emotionally while the therapist conducts the treatment.
authors.affiliation: St. Margaret's Children's Hospital, Sydney.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harrison