title: Family and social issues in sickle cell disease.
abstract: Sickle cell disease (SCD) in Britain affects some 150 babies a year, born mainly to Afro-Caribbean and West African families. Like every chronic illness, it can have major psychosocial and practical consequences. Kenny Midence and Polly Shand describe the condition and the problems facing people with SCD and their families.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Midence
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shand
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support