title: Continuing care for adult patients with sickle cell disease.
abstract: Continuing services for patients with sickle cell disease focuses on holistic care. Participation in preventive medicine principles of health management, avoidance of risk behaviors and seeking appropriate counseling for education, employment, healthy lifestyles, and productive living are beneficial to the patient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koshy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dorn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004651:Employment; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D012042:Registries; D012720:Severity of Illness Index