Abstract:Introduction. Advances in medicine in the last four decades have allowed adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) to survive into adulthood. Consequently, there is a sizeable number of maturing young adults with SCD who require transition from pediatric to adult care. This transition can be difficult given the tumultuousness of outgrowing adolescence and entering adulthood, the burden of living with a chronic disease, and the self-advocacy and medical independence expected from patients by adult health care … Show more
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