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Acknowledgements

The author wishes to recognize the invaluable assistance of Tiffany I. Moffett, RN, MSN, C-PNP in assembling the information in this chapter. Ben Raimer MD and Joan Hebeler MD contributed photographs for the Neglect section. Lastly, the immense contributions of the editors, Alok Kalia, MD and Virginia N. Niebuhr, PhD, must be recognized.