Editors: Sarah K. Lyons, Marisa E. Hilliard

2019

The Transition Process. For health professionals caring for older adolescents and young adults with chronic endocrine conditions, providing consistent, effective, developmentally tailored care during the transition between pediatric and adult healthcare systems can be challenging. This clinical handbook provides pediatric and adult endocrinologists and multidisciplinary clinical professionals a practical guide to providing high-quality healthcare in the context of the complex transition process, understanding developmental and psychosocial issues of late adolescence and young adulthood, and pragmatic strategies to address these issues and support disease self-management.