Severe combined immune deficiency : early hospitalisation and isolation / Peter S. Vickers
Imprint
Hoboken, N. J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2009
Descript
xii, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Introduction to the family -- Background to the study on children with SCID and their families -- Severe combined immunodeficiency, a brief overview -- Effects of early hospitalisation on children -- Effects of isolation and bone marrow transplantation on the child and family -- Children's perceptions of illness and death -- Stressors and coping mechanisms -- Psychosocial effects on the children -- Anger, aggression, and antisocial behaviour in children -- Neurotic and depressive behaviour in children -- Psychosocial effects on the family -- Attachment and alienation -- Post-traumatic stress disorder and children -- Post-traumatic stress disorder in families
SUBJECT
Severe combined immunodeficiency -- Patients -- Hospital care -- Psychological aspects
Immunological deficiency syndromes in children -- Patients -- Hospital care -- Psychological aspects