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Growing Up with Renal Failure

Problems and Perspectives

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For the past 10 years, we have been caring for children and adolescents with renal failure (RF) and their families in an evolving program of comprehensive pediatric care that features attention to psychosocial development, involvement of child and family in treatment decisions, and family-oriented intervention concerning psychological crises which arise in the course of physical treatment.1–3

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Pediatric Social Service, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Mary Ann Ganofsky A.C.S.W.

  2. Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Sudesh Makker M.D. (Associate Professor)

  3. School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Dennis Drotar Ph.D. (Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Pediatrics) & Sudesh Makker M.D. (Associate Professor)

  4. Division of Pediatric Psychology, USA

    Dennis Drotar Ph.D. (Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Pediatrics)

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  1. New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA

    Norman B. Levy M.D. (Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Surgery) (Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Surgery)

  2. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    William Mattern M.D. (Associate Professor of Medicine) (Associate Professor of Medicine)

  3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA

    Alfred M. Freedman M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Ganofsky, M.A., Drotar, D., Makker, S. (1983). Growing Up with Renal Failure. In: Levy, N.B., Mattern, W., Freedman, A.M. (eds) Psychonephrology 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6669-8_16

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