Changing the care along with improved treatment, have altered the life of thalassemia patients, one of the world’s most common genetic diseases (Thalassemia International Federation; http://www.thalassemia.org.cy). The new demography of the disease, with its widely variable phenotypes, has implications for its diagnosis, counseling, and management. Improved of the new treatment of this ancient disease is essential for optimizing survival. From June 2010 to January 2011, we interviewed 36 people with thalassemia from a primary results of a survey conducted in this Center in Messina. This study shows the importance of chronic disease self-management, and health.
Thalassemia in Messina: a sociological approach to chronic disease
CARBONE, SILVIA
2014-01-01
Abstract
Changing the care along with improved treatment, have altered the life of thalassemia patients, one of the world’s most common genetic diseases (Thalassemia International Federation; http://www.thalassemia.org.cy). The new demography of the disease, with its widely variable phenotypes, has implications for its diagnosis, counseling, and management. Improved of the new treatment of this ancient disease is essential for optimizing survival. From June 2010 to January 2011, we interviewed 36 people with thalassemia from a primary results of a survey conducted in this Center in Messina. This study shows the importance of chronic disease self-management, and health.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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