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Transition of the adolescent patient with rheumatic disease: issues to consider.

Tucker LB, Cabral DA

Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Centre for Community Child Health Research, British Columbia Children's Hospital, 4880 Oak Street, Room K4-120, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada. ltucker@cw.bc.ca

This article discusses the definitions of transition and models for providing transition care to youth and young adults with rheumatic diseases in the context of differing cultural and health care systems. Issues and questions relating to pediatric rheumatology transition programming are outlined, and a model program of pediatric rheumatology transition is presented.

Published 11 April 2005 in Pediatr Clin North Am, 52(2): 641-52, viii.
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