This humane and sensitive book gives practical advice and support to parents of chronically ill children and to those involved with their care. Audrey McCollum deals sensitively with both the physical and emotional difficulties these children face at each stage of their development as well as the unique pressures encountered by their families. She focuses on ways to meet these challenges and to make the ill child's quality of life as meaningful as possible.

First published in 1975 as Coping with Prolonged Health Impairment in Your Child, this revised enlarged edition contains...