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The Psychology of Childhood Illness (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)
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The Psychology of Childhood Illness (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)
Series: Contributions to Psychology and Medicine
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The pattern of childhood illness has changed significantly during
this century. Many frightening conditions such as polio and
tuberculosis have essentially been eradicated. Other conditions
that were once fatal have now achieved the status of chronic
disorders, for example, leukemia, cancer, and cystic fibrosis.
Technological advances which have resulted in the medical treatment
of these conditions have, however, created a gamut of psychological
problems for the children and their families. Recognition of these
problems has lagged behind other advances in pediatric medicine.
The emergence of a specialist area of pediatric psychology (Wright,
1975) has largely been responsible for the mushrooming of research
in the area. In much early work, the emphasis was on the impact of
chronic illness on children and their families. Reactions at times
of greatest trauma, especially diagnosis or death, were
particularly well documented. Issues relating to day-to-day aspects
of child care, involving questions of discipline or protectiveness,
have received much less attention. As far as the sick child is
concerned, there has been much investigation of academic and
intellectual development, as well as of personality changes that
might accompany illness.
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