Helping the medicine go down: the role of the healthcare professional in a young person’s experience of achalasia, a rare oesophageal motility disorder
Abstract Young patients can be uniquely vulnerable to the impacts of a rare disease, diagnosed in their critical years of identity formation, social development, and planning for the future. Drawing from my journey as both a rare disease patient and a medical student, this essay explores how the rar...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2025-02-01
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| Series: | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-025-03571-0 |
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