Document 0624
 DOCN  M9490624
 TI    Living beyond the odds: a psychosocial perspective on long-term
       survivors of pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection.
 DT    9411
 AU    Lewis SY; Haiken HJ; Hoyt LG; Department of Psychiatry, University of
       Medicine and Dentistry of; New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School.
 SO    J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1994 Jun;15(3):S12-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94342478
 AB    Pediatric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease parallels other
       chronic illnesses in that medical advances are facilitating treatment,
       and many children infected early in life are living through school age
       and into adolescence. A medical overview of pediatric HIV, a review of
       natural history studies, and a recent study of older children provide
       the basis for a definition of long-term survivors of pediatric HIV
       infection. The noncategorical approach to examining the common
       consequences of pediatric chronic illness and a description of unique
       aspects of HIV disease provide the framework for a discussion of the
       psychosocial and developmental issues for long-term survivors of
       pediatric HIV. Clinical case examples from the Children's Hospital AIDS
       Program are included. This analysis leads to the conclusion that
       long-term survivors of pediatric HIV, with a few exceptions, are in many
       ways like their peers with other chronic illness.
 DE    Adaptation, Psychological  Adolescence  Attitude to Death  Attitude to
       Health  Body Image  Child  Chronic Disease  Education  Family
       Characteristics  Goals  Human  HIV Infections/*PSYCHOLOGY  Self
       Disclosure  Sex Behavior  Stereotyping  Survivors/*PSYCHOLOGY  Truth
       Disclosure  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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