Sickle cell disease : a guide for health workers, patients and carers / Ian Franklin.

Subtitle on cover: a guide for patients, carers and health workers

London ; Boston : Faber & Faber, 1990.

xix, 101 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

This book was donated as part of the Sickle Cell Society archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/SCS https://wellcomecollection.org/works/erermr9

Includes index.

Copy 1. Donor: Sickle Cell Society.

Copy 1. Front flyleaf signed by Simon Dyson.

Preface -- Glossary -- List of figures and tables -- 1. What is sickle cell disease? -- 2. The sickle cell carrier (sickle cell trait) -- 3. Sickle cell crises -- 4. Other complications of sickle cell disease -- 5. Pain relief -- 6. Blood transfusion -- 7. Sexual problems in sickle cell disease -- 8. Sickle cell disease in childhood -- 9. Community care -- 10. Hospital services -- 11. Self-help groups -- 12. Will there be a cure? -- Appendix: Haemoglobin -- Index.