Hope and Destiny: A Patient's and Parent's Guide to Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait - Softcover

Platt, Allan F., Jr.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967525845 ISBN 13: 9780967525846

Publisher: Hilton Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

An up-to-date, informative, and personal discussion of sickle-cell anemia, this guide provides information on medically proven methods of treatment along with patient vignettes. Written primarily for African Americans, who comprise the majority of the victims of sickle-cell anemia, this handbook for patients and those who live or work with them examines the complex issues that surround this genetic disease. Advice on dealing with the physical suffering, inability to work, quality of life issues, and premature death that affect sickle-cell patients is offered in layman's terms to aid patients and caregivers in making informed decisions.

About this title

About the Author

Alan Sacerdote, M.D., is a clinical professor of medicine at SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

This consumer's guide to understanding sickle cell disease, a very painful and incurable illness that primarily affects African Americans, was co-written by Platt, who works at the Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center in Atlanta, and Sacerdote, a clinical professor of medicine at the SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn. Written for the lay reader, the book also provides invaluable information for healthcare professionals who may have no prior experience or knowledge of sickle cell. The text covers many different aspects of the illness, from genetic counseling and the hematological explanations of sickle cell to dealing with pain episodes and emergency room visits. The three sections of the book mix medical information with personal stories and self-empowerment. Treatment options, developmental issues, and new research are also covered. Ultimately, this book achieves its aim of informing patients, their caregivers, and those who carry the sickle cell trait, so that they will "come prepared with knowledge." The text tends to repeat itself but is never condescending. Suitable for consumer health collections in both medical and public libraries. Nicole A. Cooke, Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Lib., Newark
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hilton Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967525845
• ISBN 13: 9780967525846
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260