This book offers an overview of the critical issues in the assessment and treatment of children with chronic illnesses. Case vignettes, a literature review and the authors′ clinical perspectives combine to inform about both the medical realities of chronic disease and the unique effects on psychological and developmental processes. There are sections on diabetes mellitus, asthma, cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, childhood cancers and paediatric AIDS. Developmental issues are considered, as are key issues of a case study approach.
- ISBN10 0803933339
- ISBN13 9780803933330
- Publish Date 15 September 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 February 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English