Family Life of Sick Children - A Study of Families Coping With Chronic Childhood Disease

Originally published in 1975, this book traces the problems which arise for families coping with a chronic childhood disease - cystic fibrosis. The discussion of these problems is important for the families of other seriously ill or disabled children, all of whom are faced with similar implications of their situation.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Sick Children and Their Parents 1. Children With Cystic Fibrosis 2. Recognising Preliminary Symptoms and Obtaining an Adequate Diagnosis 3. Learning the Diagnosis 4. Understanding the Illness 5. Coping With An Inherited Disease 6. Giving The Child His Treatment 7. The Child in Hospital 8. Practical Problems Posed By Chronic Disease 9. Talking About the Disease 10. Changing Hopes and Expectations For the Sick Child 11. Sick Children 12. Brothers and Sisters of a Sick Child 13. The Loss of A Child 14. Learning to Live With a Chronic Disease.

About the author

Lindy Burton was an educational psychologists specializing in child guidance problems and authored many articles and books on children's behaviour problems and the responses of sick children to their illnesses.

Summary

Originally published in 1975, this book traces the problems which arise for families coping with a chronic childhood disease – cystic fibrosis. The discussion of these problems is important for the families of other seriously ill or disabled children, all of whom are faced with similar implications of their situation.

Product details

• Authors: Lindy Burton, Burton Lindy
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032258775
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3225877-5
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Society & culture: general, Nursing, MEDICAL / Pediatrics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, MEDICAL / Nursing / Pediatric & Neonatal, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Siblings, Sociology: family & relationships, Midwifery, Society and culture: general, Sociology: family and relationships, Paediatric medicine, Medical Sociology