Pub Date: April 9, 2003
Dewey: 616.1527
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.60" H x 8.10" L x 5.40" W ( 1.25 lbs) 240 pages
BISAC Categories:
Social Science | Disability | Medical | Health Care Delivery | Public Health | Hematology | Health and Fitness | Health Care Issues | Sociology | General
Series: Health Society and Policy
Description: Presents a comprehensive account of sickle cell disease (SCD) and its affect on low-income families. This book examines how low-income African American mothers with children suffering from this hereditary, incurable, and chronically painful disease, react to the diagnosis and manage their family's health care.