Moving young people with sickle cell disease from paediatric to adult services

Jo Howard; Tanya Woodhead; Luhanga Musumadi; Alice Martell; Baba P D Inusa

doi:10.12968/hmed.2010.71.6.48435

Moving young people with sickle cell disease from paediatric to adult services

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2010 Jun;71(6):310-4. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2010.71.6.48435.

Authors

Jo Howard¹, Tanya Woodhead, Luhanga Musumadi, Alice Martell, Baba P D Inusa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Haematology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London.

PMID: 20551868
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2010.71.6.48435

Abstract

This article reviews data about transition from paediatric to adult services in patients with sickle cell disease, the most common inherited disease in the UK, and outlines how this has been addressed in a large UK sickle cell centre.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy*
Child
Continuity of Patient Care*
Humans
Nurse's Role
Pediatrics
Professional Role
Professional-Family Relations
Psychology, Clinical
Young Adult