Pediatric to Adult Transition: a Personal Experience

Overview

Journal Prog Transplant

Specialties General Surgery
Nursing

Date 2006 Dec 23

PMID 17183939

Citations 4

Authors

Paul N Harden

Philip Nadine

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Abstract

Transitioning from pediatric to adult transplant programs presents various challenges to the patient, his or her family, and the healthcare staff. In this personal, retrospective account of the issues associated with transitioning, a patient and a nephrologist provide insights into some of the problems they confronted.

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