Adolescents' perceptions of psychosocial factors related to sickle cell disease

Perceptual and Motor Skills
B F GentryJ Dancer

Abstract

12 adolescents with sickle cell disease rated psychosocial reactions to their disease. They had positive social and family relationships but had concerns about body development, self-confidence, being a burden on their families, and death.

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Apr 1, 1994·Journal of Pediatric Psychology·D S Bennett

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Jul 12, 2002·Special Care in Dentistry : Official Publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry·Brian LaurenceRalph V Katz

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