Communications Issues for People With Sickle Cell Anemia, Annotated Bibliography Example

Anie, K. A. & Green, J., (2012). Anie, Kofi A, ed. “Psychological therapies for sickle cell disease and pain”. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Anie  & Green  (2012) have linked the communications issues for people with Sickle Cell Anemia to emotional as well as physical care that is required by patients which is usually exhausting as well as time consuming. Majority of the caregivers have expressed deep concern for the illness conditions of the people that they take care of as well as the future prospects of health. They have also expressed concern about time management as well as financial issues which has also affected communications issues for people with Sickle Cell Anemia, the absence of a cure for the disease further worsens issues of communication, as documented by Anie  & Green  (2012) , the only obtainable management for sickle cell anemia entails a cost effective pain management. Nevertheless, consideration of an early intervention that entails good quality nutrition, the use of antibiotics, adequate rest, folic acid supplementation as well as high fluid drinking are effective in the management of the condition.

Burlew, K., Telfair, J., Colangelo, L. & Wright, E. C., (2000). Factors That Influence Adolescent Adaptation to Sickle Cell Disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology;Jul2000, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p287.

In an attempt to analyze the communications issues for people with Sickle Cell Anemia, the author accounts for the psychological factors which are crucial in the prediction of adaptation of adolescents to Sickle Cell Anemia. The link between psychological factors and moderation of biomedical risk factors in adaptation has been an important focus of the author in the article

Fuller, J. & Davis, P., (1998). Comparison of attitudes about communication in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease. Perceptual & Motor Skills;Oct98, Vol. 87 Issue 2, p634.

The author makes a comparison concerning the attitudes of the Afro-American teenagers as well as adolescents who suffer from Sickle Cell Anemia. In this regard, the author suggests application of positive attitudes during communication to address issues of speech disorders in the situation of Sickle Cell Anemia

Glassberg, J., (2011). “Evidence-based management of sickle cell disease in the emergency department”. Emergency Medicine Practice 13 (8): 1–20.

Glassberg  (2011) has attributed the communications issues for people with Sickle Cell Anemia to the level of care that is needed by the patient and this is not an easy task. A lot of care is required in addition to addressing individual concerns of the disease.  Glassberg  (2011) quotes lack of treatment as one frightening issue that affects communication due to the worries of learning that a member of the family has fallen ill to sickle cell anemia. Glassberg  (2011) also attributes the communication issues to intermittent damages and pain occurrence to essential body organs. In normal circumstances, the red cells are round in shape as well as flexible, thus exhibit an easy movement in the blood vessels. Sickle cell anemia condition renders them sickle shape or crescent moons, sticky and rigid and thus they easily stick in blood vessels slowing or blocking blood flow.

Miller, S. T., (2011). “How I treat acute chest syndrome in children with sickle cell disease”. Blood 117 (20): 5297–305.

Miller (2011) has articulated the frightening nature of a crisis involving Sickle cell anemia to the patient and the caregiver and this is a potential contributor to the communications issues for people with Sickle Cell Anemia. The pain associated with Sickle Cell Anemia is so intense to the extent that the patient usually cries and screams at the time of the painful crisis. The patient also loses interest in most of the common activities including communication.