## Abstract The health care needs of children with spina bifida are complex. They need specialists, generalists, and an integrated system to deliver this complex care and to align and inform all the providers. Most research in spina bifida has been focused on narrow medical outcomes; it has been no
Optimizing health care for adults with spina bifida
β Scribed by Thomas S. Webb
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 111 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1940-5510
- DOI
- 10.1002/ddrr.99
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