[Qualitative analysis of the social and family impact of human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies].

CONCLUSIONS: Socio-biomedical studies related to prion pathologies are rare. In this work, our knowledge on the social reality of the affected people and their close relatives is extended. These pathologies lead those in close contact with them to extremely complicated social situations with utmost psychosocial management difficulties.
PMID: 31497868 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Revista de Neurologia - September 10, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Coca JR, Sanz-Molina L, Erana H, Castilla J Tags: Rev Neurol Source Type: research