Service support to families caring for a child with a sickle cell disorder or thalassaemia: The experience of health professionals, service managers and health commissioners

Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-327

  Atkin, Karl ^a   Ahmad, Waqar ^a   Anionwu, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic illness; Ethnic minorities; Sickle cell disorder; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000301826     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136345939800200303     Document Type: Article

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