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Effects of chronic illness on children and their families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christine Eiser
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The proportion of children affected by chronic illness is relatively high, approximately 10–12%. For these children, there is no available cure and the best that medical care can currently offer is relief from symptoms and the opportunity to participate in normal life as far as possible. Epidemiological work suggests that many of the children experience relatively few restrictions on everyday life, but about 1–2% of the total population of sick children have more severe conditions (Gortmaker & Sappenfield, 1984).

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Research Article
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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , July 1997 , pp. 204 - 210
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1997 

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