The adolescent thalassemic. The complicant rebel

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 511-515

  Angastiniotis, M ^a  

^a Archbishop Makarios III Hospital   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Thalassaemia, diagnosis; Thalassemia, psychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BONE MALFORMATION; CAREGIVER; CHILD DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DYSPHORIA; FAMILY; FATALITY; FEAR; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; NURSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PUBLICATION; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SURVIVAL; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0036909847     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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