Innovative workshops help teens with chronic illness stay positive
Deborah Marriage Clinical nurse specialist, Allergy and respiratory medicine at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Deborah Marriage explains how she got involved in a project to help teenagers with long-term illness keep a positive frame of mind, and outlines what it has achieved
Young people coping with long-term illnesses are often isolated and experience a poor quality of life. Staying Positive workshops aim to encourage them to improve self-management skills and meet others in the same position.
Primary Health Care.
19, 3, 30-32.
doi: 10.7748/phc2009.04.19.3.30.c7021
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