This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Teenagers with meningomyelocele gain long term care group
Alfred L. Joe leads a report from the March of Dimes Meningomyelocele Clinic at New York Hospital detailing a new patient demographic of teens with this birth defect. The article outlines emotional and social challenges as they age, and describes a pilot program of girls aged 11 to 15 forming loosely structured support sessions with doctors, nurses, and volunteers to aid adjustment, dating, school, and family dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred L. Joe Lea
March of Dimes
New York Hospital
March of Dimes Meningomyelocele Clinic
New York
The
Alfred L. Scherzer
March of Dimes Birth Defects Center