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Transition from Child-Oriented to Adult-Oriented Health Care

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The growing number of young adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities and chronic diseases necessitates a careful consideration of the issues involved in transition of these youth from a child-focused to an adult-oriented health-care system. Most adolescents accomplish the transition successfully as a natural process of growth and maturation in all spheres of life. Presence of chronic disease or disability, however, adds a significant dimension to the transition process and affects all areas of the adolescent’s life – medical care, educational, vocational, daily living and activity, financial, and employment. The psychological and psychosocial impact of chronic illness or disability on the youth and family has been well documented. A brief overview of issues as they relate to transition of medical care of adolescents and young adults with chronic disease or disability from child-oriented to adult-oriented system of health care is presented here.

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This chapter is partly derived from author’s previous works, Burdo-Hartman [32] and Patel [33].

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    Dilip R. Patel & Donald E. Greydanus MD, Dr HC (ATHENS)

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  3. Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40506, Kentucky, USA

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Patel, D.R., Greydanus, D.E. (2011). Transition from Child-Oriented to Adult-Oriented Health Care. In: Patel, D., Greydanus, D., Omar, H., Merrick, J. (eds) Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0627-9_28

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