MSS.378/BASW/2/547A

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Original file. Includes minutes, 11 February 1974; National Children's Bureau Statement on the Child with Spina Bifida, 22 June 1973; 'Care of the Child with Spina Bifida', Standing Medical Advisory Committee pamphlet, February 1973; BASW Guide Lines for Social Workers working with sufferers from Spina Bifida or Hydrocephalus, produced by the Working Party.

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The Working Party was established in 1973 by the Professional Development and Practice Committee to look into social workers' handling of parents of children with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus. It was felt that parents' wishes were not always taken into great enough consideration when determining treatment or lack of treatment.

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