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Managing sickle cell disease in low-income families /
As many as 80,000 African Americans have sickle disease (SCD). Though the political activism of the 1960s and a major 1970s health campaign spurred demands for testing, treatment, and education programs, little attention has been given to how families cope with sickle cell trait or one of the sickle...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
1994.
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| Colección: | Health, society, and policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Sickle Cell Disease
- 3. The Mothers and Their Families
- 4. Diagnosing Sickle Cell Disease
- 5. Reproductive Decision Making
- 6. Caregiving for Children with SCD
- 7. Mediators of Caregiving Demands
- 8. Finding Social Support
- 9. Coping
- 10. Reconstructing SCD.