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Chronic disease

Known as: Illnesses, Chronic, Chronic Disease [Disease/Finding], Chronic Illness 
Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible… 
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1993
1993
Diagnostic closure and the spread of uncertainty.
When a child is diagnosed with a life-threatening, chronic illness, the taken-for-granted world of the child's parents is… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Injuries in young people with developmental disabilities: comparative investigation from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey.
Injury rates among community-based young people with developmental disabilities were compared to controls and to young people… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Coping skills for children undergoing painful medical procedures.
Children must undergo painful medical procedures in the treatment of many acute or chronic illnesses. Fear and anxiety… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Chronic illness and disability through the life span : effects on self and family
1984
1984
Chronic illness and disabilities in childhood and adolescence
In undergoing this life, many people always try to do and get the best. New knowledge, experience, lesson, and everything that… 
1983
1983
An Exploratory Investigation of Causal Thinking of Arthritics
Research in academic achievement situations suggests that the causes people give for achievement events are linked to subsequent… 
1983
1983
Slow thyroxine binding globulin in the pathogenesis of increased dialysable fraction of thyroxine in nonthyroidal illnesses.
The expected decreases of serum total T4, total T3, T4 binding prealbumin, and T4 binding globulin (TBG) concentrations were… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
The impact of severe illness on the individual and family: an overview.
The course and outcome of severe chronic illness are decisively affected by social and emotional variables. The conceptual… 
1976
1976
Personality profiles in asthma.
One hundred and fifty-five hospitalized asthma patients were administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI… 
Review
1975
Review
1975
Who's using medicines?
Data derived from a 1968–69 household survey of 3,481 persons in the Baltimore Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area revealed…