Children's hospital / Peggy Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Peggy, 1938-2016.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Hospitals--Psychological aspects--Case studies.

Children.

Terminally ill children--Psychology--Case studies.

Terminally ill children.

Terminally ill children--Family relationships--Case studies.

Chronic diseases in children--Psychological aspects--Case studies.

Chronic diseases in children.

Chronically ill children--Family relationships--Case studies.

Chronically ill children.

Chronically ill children--Psychology--Case studies.

Chronically ill children--Psychology.

Chronically ill children--Family relationships.

Chronic diseases in children--Psychological aspects.

Terminally ill children--Family relationships.

Terminally ill children--Psychology.

Children--Hospitals--Psychological aspects.

Children--Hospitals.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 532 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper & Row, [1985]

Summary:

Tells the stories of six children: six-year-old Candy who has radical reconstructive surgery on her malformed face, fifteen-year-old Mark with cystic fibrosis, eigthteen-month-old Jody born with severe defects, eight-year-old Gina with acute lymphocytic leukemia, premature newborn Brandon, and nine-year-old Freddy injured by a car while crossing the street.

Notes:

"This book is first and foremost about six children. Over a certain period not long past, these youngsters were patients at one of America's finest hospitals for children...I did my research at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia"--p. [v].

Bibliography: pages [529]-532.

ISBN:

0060150890 :

OCLC:

11550295