Severe combined immune deficiency
Subtitle: early hospitalisation and isolation
By: Peter S. Vickers.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470319864
Subjects: Severe combined immunodeficiency -- Patients -- Hospital care -- Psychological aspects; Immunological deficiency syndromes in children -- Patients -- Hospital care -- Psychological aspects; Severe Combined Immunodeficiency -- psychology; Child, Hospitalized -- psychology; Child; Family -- psychology; Patient Isolation -- psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the family; title: Background to the study on children with SCID and their families; title: Severe combined immunodeficiency, a brief overview; title: Effects of early hospitalisation on children; title: The effects of isolation and bone marrow transplantation on the child and family; title: Children's perceptions of illness and death; title: Stressors and coping mechanisms; title: Psychosocial effects on the children; title: Anger, aggression, and antisocial behaviour in children; title: Neurotic and depressive behaviour in children; title: Psychosocial effects on the family; title: Attachment and alienation; title: Post-traumatic stress disorder and children; title: Post-traumatic stress disorder in families.