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Rheumatology 2000; 39: 575-579
© 2000 British Society for Rheumatology

Editorials

Improving adolescent rheumatology services in the UK

A. M. Leak

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, St Peter's Road, Margate CT9 4AN, UK

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‘What are you going to be when you grow up, and how will you make it happen?’

‘You can make it. There's always someone worse off than you’.

These two quotations (with my italics), taken from an article on career counselling for teenagers with arthritis [1], aptly describe the positive encouragement with which we must support our young patients with arthritis if they are to make a successful transition into the different world of adult health care. Whether they leave the paediatric age group with severe or minor disabilities, they are likely to be worse off than their peers in some aspects of their health and development. We must ensure that appropriate transition services are available for adolescents with arthritis.

The accompanying audit of rheumatology services for adolescents and young adults in the UK found a paucity of provision of special services, highlighting the gap between paediatric . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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