Recent Progress in Medico-Social Problems in Juvenile Diabetics (Pediatric & Adolescent Endocrinology)

In children and young adults, the medical problems of diabetes create equally severe social problems, which may, in turn, have a crucial impact on the choice and course of treatment. This unique publication, which features selected papers from an international symposium, gives the reader a full account of present efforts to understand the social implications of diabetes. Papers share the goal of finding ways to help the patient cope with all possible social and emotional consequences of his disease.