Physicians fail to detect young patients' distress: psychosocial problems.(Clinical Rounds)
Publication: Skin & Allergy News
Publication Date: 01-APR-04
Author: Kubetin, Sally Koch
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WASHINGTON -- Physicians may be the last to know whether a child's chronic skin disorder is leaving her with emotional impairment.
Physicians scored far behind parents and the children themselves when it came to predicting which of their pediatric patients with chronic skin conditions were experiencing associated psychosocial dysfunction.
Overall, the social impact of the child's appearance was the best predictor of emotional impairment, Karen...
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