I’m a teenager – do I care if my disease is rare?
Earlier this year, Findacure, in conjunction with Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, announced the winner of its student essay competition on rare diseases (The… Read more »
Harriette Pearson is a fourth year medical student and budding paediatrician, based at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry in East London.
In 2013, she set up a voluntary scheme providing out of hours play services for children and adolescents at her local tertiary paediatric center, and through this met several inspiring patients suffering from rare diseases. Her experiences have sparked an interest in particular in adolescent medicine, and how to improve care for adolescent patients in her local trust.
In 2013, she set up a voluntary scheme providing out of hours play services for children and adolescents at her local tertiary paediatric center, and through this met several inspiring patients suffering from rare diseases. Her experiences have sparked an interest in particular in adolescent medicine, and how to improve care for adolescent patients in her local trust.
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