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. 1969 May;110(5):371–374.

Psychological Aspects of Cystic Fibrosis in Children and Adolescents

Joseph D Teicher
PMCID: PMC1503497  PMID: 5771595

Abstract

Medical care of children with cystic fibrosis has been so greatly improved in recent years that many are now reaching adolescence and early adulthood. Traversing adolescence is a trying task for any chronically ill child, but even more difficult for the cystic fibrosis patient. Clinicians report that many of these adolescents have problems for which the patients, the family, and the practitioners need help. The key to dealing with the problems is to attempt to approach “normality” of living as closely as possible as early as possible despite the risks inherent.

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