Pediatric Amputee Dolls: A Psychological Analysis

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By understanding the psychological and physiological development of a child, health care providers enhance the effectiveness of the rehabilitation care. The author created four amputee dolls believing that they can help patients and and their parents in accepting the situation they are facing (see figure1). These dolls are not only use to have fun or to distract patients. They are also use to make the pediatric amputees not to be disturbed on how they look in front of the other kids out there. Peers are important to pediatric amputees therefore, it is important that the able-bodied children are aware about children with disabilities and the prostheses they are wearing. To have an effective presentation to these children, amputee dolls are use

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