Courage in the face of crisis

Article Abstract:

A pilot study by Brent Sickle Cell Centre on sickle cell disease, a type of anaemia which occurs in Arabs, Mediterreans, Asians, Africans and Afro-Caribbeans, and its effects on families, has shown that families need emotional and financial support to cope with the disease. It was found that there is a lack of information about the disease and a lack of counselling, and that mothers would like to be informed earlier about the risks and its diagnosis. Parents can display varying emotional reactions, including guilt that their children are suffering from the disease.

Social aspects, Familial diseases

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Specialist nurse support for clients with blood disorders

Article Abstract:

The South East London Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in England is the base for a team of six specialist nurse counsellors. These nurses provide counselling, health promotion and professional training in an area which has the largest concentration of sickle cell disease in the UK. Counselling activities include non-directive genetic counselling, emotional support and practical advice, and the nurses have a supervisor to provide personal support.

Practice, Nurses, Thalassemia

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Managing leg ulceration in patients with sickle cell disorder

Article Abstract:

Leg ulceration is a complication associated with sickle cell disorders, an illness attributed to the presence of sickle haemoglobin in the blood. The causes and management of a patient with sickle cell disorder are presented.

United Kingdom, Complications and side effects

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