Managing Sickle Cell Disease - In Low-Income Families

Presents a comprehensive account of sickle cell disease (SCD) and its affect on low-income families. This book examines how low-income African American mothers with children suffering from this hereditary, incurable, and chronically painful disease, react to the diagnosis and manage their family's health care.

List of contents

Preface 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 Appendix: Research Strategy Bibliography Index

About the author

Shirley A. Hill is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Kansas. Her most recent book is African American Children: Socialization and Development in Families.

Summary

Presents a comprehensive account of sickle cell disease (SCD) and its affect on low-income families. This book examines how low-income African American mothers with children suffering from this hereditary, incurable, and chronically painful disease, react to the diagnosis and manage their family's health care.

Product details

• Authors: Shirley Hill, Shirley A. Hill
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2003
• EAN: 9781592131952
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-195-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 277 g
• Series: Health Society And Policy; Health Society and Policy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Ethnic Studies, Krankheit und Sucht: soziale Aspekte, Krankheiten und Störungen