镰状细胞病中的家庭和社会问题。

Health Visit. 1992 Dec;65(12):441-3.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) in Britain affects some 150 babies a year, born mainly to Afro-Caribbean and West African families. Like every chronic illness, it can have major psychosocial and practical consequences. Kenny Midence and Polly Shand describe the condition and the problems facing people with SCD and their families.

在英国，镰状细胞病（SCD）每年影响约150名婴儿，这些婴儿主要出生在非洲裔加勒比和西非家庭。与所有慢性病一样，它会产生重大的心理社会和实际影响。肯尼·米登斯和波莉·尚德描述了这种疾病以及SCD患者及其家庭所面临的问题。