Hope and Destiny: A Patient's and Parent's Guide to Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait - Softcover

Platt, Allan F., Jr.

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9780967525846: Hope and Destiny: A Patient's and Parent's Guide to Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait

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ISBN 10: 0967525845 ISBN 13: 9780967525846

Publisher: Hilton Publishing, 2002

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An up-to-date, informative, and personal discussion of sickle-cell anemia, this guide provides information on medically proven methods of treatment along with patient vignettes. Written primarily for African Americans, who comprise the majority of the victims of sickle-cell anemia, this handbook examines the complex issues that surround this genetic disease.

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About the Author:

Allan Platt, Jr., PA-C, is on the faculty of the physician assistant program at Emory University School of Medicine. He is the coauthor of "Overcoming Pain," Alan Sacerdote, MD, is a clinical professor of medicine at SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Allan Platt, PA-C, is the program coordinator at the Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. Susan Platt, M.D., is board-certified in internal medicine. Cathy Hedrich, RPT, is a registered physical therapist with 20 years of experience. They all live in Atlanta, Georgia.

From Library Journal:

This consumer's guide to understanding sickle cell disease, a very painful and incurable illness that primarily affects African Americans, was co-written by Platt, who works at the Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center in Atlanta, and Sacerdote, a clinical professor of medicine at the SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn. Written for the lay reader, the book also provides invaluable information for healthcare professionals who may have no prior experience or knowledge of sickle cell. The text covers many different aspects of the illness, from genetic counseling and the hematological explanations of sickle cell to dealing with pain episodes and emergency room visits. The three sections of the book mix medical information with personal stories and self-empowerment. Treatment options, developmental issues, and new research are also covered. Ultimately, this book achieves its aim of informing patients, their caregivers, and those who carry the sickle cell trait, so that they will "come prepared with knowledge." The text tends to repeat itself but is never condescending. Suitable for consumer health collections in both medical and public libraries. Nicole A. Cooke, Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Lib., Newark
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