| View Larger Image | Hope and Destiny: A Patient's and Parent's Guide to Sickle Cell Anemia | Paperbackby Allan F. Platt Jr. PA-C (Author), Alan Sacerdote MD (Author)
| List Price: | $16.95 | |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Hilton Publishing | | Edition: | Revisedth Edition | | Page Count: | 280 Pages | | Publication Date: | April 01, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 638,800th |
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Product Description
For anyone who has or is predisposed to sickle cell disease, this informative and compassionate guide provides all the facts patients, loved ones, and caregivers need to know in order to reduce symptoms, relieve pain, and help patients and their support circle better understand the cause and growth of the disease. Divided into different sections to address the changing complications posed by the disease at each stage of life, this book emphasizes the need for offering emotional and spiritual consolation to those who suffer from sickle cell disease or witness the suffering of a love one. Topics include the complex causes of sickle cell disease, the most current treatment options, facts on genetic counseling, pain assessment and management resources, and strategies to lower the likelihood of pain crises. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 2 reviews)
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Awesome by M. Mahoney (New Jersey)  5 Stars
November 01, 2008
Hope and Destiny was referred to me by one of my parents in school-she is a mother of a student with sickle cell anemia. This book is user friendly, non intimidating and packied with important knowledge for me as a school nurse. It is a reasonable price. It is a book that you cannot sit down and read cover to cover in one sitting- there is just so much useful information. It is a reference book-I have highlighted passages and when my student comes down in crisis I feel that this book enable me to give him better care than I ever thought possible. A WONDERFUL PURCHASE.
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a guide for the patients by Kesola Serette  4 Stars
January 15, 2007
This book is good for guiding patients suffering from the disease, but as far as carers psychological status is concerned it did not give much details. It is a good book, but was a bit dissapointed because it did not fulfill the requirement of what I have been looking for
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