In sickness and in play children coping with chronic illness - Clark, Cindy Dell (Rutgers University Press, 2003)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-218) and index
Juvenile diabetes -- Enduring childhood asthma -- Imaginal coping -- Children, culture and coping -- Appendix A: Freeing children's voices -- Appendix B: A primer for adults
Annotation Cindy Dell Clark tells the stories of children who suffer from two common illnesses that are often underestimated by those not directly touched by them-asthma and diabetes. She describes how play, humor, and other expressive methods, invented by the children themselves, allow families to cope with the pain