Services for young people with chronic disorders in their transition from childhood to adult life / edited by Zarrina Kurtz and Anthony Hopkins.

London : Royal College of Physicians of London, 1996.

xviii, 155 pages : form ; 24 cm

This item was donated as part of the Brent Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/SCT https://wellcomecollection.org/works/e7r46wqv

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword -- Participants -- Editor's introduction -- A disabled person's viewpoint / Rachel Hurst -- Psychology of adolescent development / Helen McConachie and Tony Jaffa -- The approach of a community paediatrician / Diane Smyth -- A hospital paediatrician's perspective: the example of cystic fibrosis / Robert Dinwiddie -- The role of the nurse / Frances Duncan-Skingle -- The approach of general practice / Ann-Louise Kinmonth and Chris Donovan -- Observations about outpatient's clinics, with special reference to diabetes / Christine Eiser -- The approach of a consultant physician / Simon Walford -- Teenagers with congenital heart disease / Jane Somerville -- The role of professions allied to medicine / Mary Maze -- The approach of rehabilitation services / M Anne Chamberlain and Sally Guthrie -- The approach of the social worker / Phil Madden and Jeremy Hilton -- Educational aspects of transition / Jean McGinty and John Fish -- Preparing for sheltered or open employment / Mike Reeves -- The role of voluntary organisations / Philippa Russell -- Experiences of four users of health services / Alison Blake, Linda Vaughan, Pat Lister and Neil -- Guidelines for the transfer of young people with chronic physical disorders from paediatric to adult services / Zarrina Kurtz, Caroline Mawer and Anthony Hopkins -- Appendix. Proformas for the audit of the transfer of young people with chronic disorders from paediatric to adult services.

Copy 1. "Sally C. Davies" handwritten on front cover.