REFERENCES
- Agbanusi , A. , Amaechi , C. , Onyejizu , C. , Osuorji , C. , Chukwuma , A. and Igwe , A. 2007 . Sickle Cell Anaemia . Medikka , : 1 – 4 .
- Atkinson , J. 1978 . Discovering Suicide , London , , UK : Macmillan .
- Awake. (1996). Sickle Cell Anaemia—Knowledge is the Best Defense. Awake. Retrieved from http://www.watchtower.org/e/19961008/article (http://www.watchtower.org/e/19961008/article)
- Denzin , N. 1992 . Symbolic Interactionism and Cultural Studies: The Politics of Interpretation , Oxford , , UK : Blackwell Publishing .
- Denzin , N. 1995 . “ Symbolic interactionism ” . In Rethinking Psychology , Edited by: Smith , J.A. , Harre , R. and Van Langenhove , L. 43 – 58 . London , , UK : Sage .
- Frenette , C. and Atweh , A. 2007 . Sickle cell disease . Journal of Clinical Investigation , 117 ( 4 ) : 850 – 858 . doi: 10.1172/JC 130920
- Gil , K. , Abrams , M. , Philips , G. and Keefe , E. 1989 . Sickle cell disease pain. Relation of coping strategies to adjustment . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 57 : 725 – 731 .
- Gil , K. , Karen , M. , Carson , J. , Sedway , J. , Porter , L. , Schaeffer , J. and Orringer , E. 2000 . Follow-up of coping skills training in adults with sickle cell disease: Analysis of daily pain and copping practice diaries . Journal of Health Psychology , 19 ( 1 ) : 85 – 90 .
- Giorgi , A. 1995 . “ Phenomenological psychology ” . In Rethinking Psychology , Edited by: Smith , J.A. , Harre , R. and Van Langenhove , L. 24 – 42 . London , UK : Sage .
- Oke-ose , J. , Iyawe , V. , Egbagbe , E. and Ebomoyi , M. 2012 . Lung function tests in sickle cell patients in Benin-City . Pulmonology , 2 : 1 – 6 . doi: 10.5402/2012/658095
- Oladapo , K. 2011 . Prevalence of Malaria among Obafemi Awolowo University Students , Ile-Ife , Nigeria : B Sc. Thesis, Obafemi Awolowo University .
- Omoike, I. U. (1996). Sickle Cell Anaemia – Knowledge is the Best Defense. Awake. Retrieved from http://www.watchtower.org/e/19961008/article (http://www.watchtower.org/e/19961008/article)
- Platt , O. , Brambilla , D. , Rosse , W. , Milner , P. , Castro , O. , Steinberg , M. and Klug , P. 1994 . Mortality in sickle cell disease: Life expectancy and risk factors for early death . New England Journal of Medicine , 330 : 1639 – 1644 . doi: 10 1056/NEJm199406093302303
- Rosenstiel , A. and Keefe , F. 1983 . The use of coping strategies in chronic low back pain patients: Relationship to patient's characteristics and current adjustments . Pain , 17 ( 1 ) : 33 – 44 .
- Sanders , K. , Labott , S. , Molokie , R. , Shelby , S. and Desimone , J. 2010 . Pain, coping and healthcare utilization in younger and older adults with sickle cell disease . Journal of Health Psychology , 15 : 131 – 137 . doi: 10.1177/1359105309345554
- Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. (2005). Report on Sickle Cell Anaemia, July 27, 2005. Retrieved from url- http://WWW.sicklecelldisease.org/index.cfm?-sdaa (http://WWW.sicklecelldisease.org/index.cfm?-sdaa)
- Weber , M. 1949 . The Methodology of the Social Sciences , Edited by: Shils , E. and Finch , H. New York , NY : Free Press . Trans
- World Health Organization. (2006). Prevalence of Sickle Cell Anaemia Report by the secretariat in the fifty-ninth world health assembly. Retrieved from http://pps.who.int/gbebwha/pdffiles/whas (http://pps.who.int/gbebwha/pdffiles/whas)