title: Children and adolescents with brittle bones--psycho-social aspects.
abstract: Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) or brittle bones is a most unusual disease and there is a limited number of people in the whole world suffering from it. Most studies reported from this area are in the medical field and few illuminate the psycho-social effects of the disease. Three studies of children and young people with brittle bones have been carried out within the psycho-social field in Sweden. They are all based on inquiries and interviews with children and parents engaged in the Swedish National Organization for Physically Disabled Children and Adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brodin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012944:Social Support