Transition is the purposeful planned movement of young adults with chronic conditions from child-centred to adult-orientated health care systems. This guide has information resources about transition to adult services including books, reports and journal articles.
Royal College of Nursing (2013) Adolescent transition care: guidance for nursing staff (2nd edition), London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2013) Lost in transition: moving young people between child and adult health services, London: RCN.
Hughes J and Lackenby N (2015) Achieving successful transitions for young people with disabilities: a practical guide, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Christie D and Martin C (editors) (2012) Psychosocial aspects of diabetes: children, adolescents and their families, London: Radcliffe. 
Davies A and Davies R (editors) (2016) Children and young people's nursing: principles for practice (2nd edition), New York: Productivity Press. 
Franklin S, Sanderson H and Gitsham N (2013) Personalisation in practice: supporting young people with disabilities through the transition to adulthood, London: Jessica Kingsley.
Long T (editor) (2016) Children's nursing case book, Maidenhead: Open University Press. 
McDougall T and Cotgrove A (2013) Specialist mental healthcare for children and adolescents: hospital, intensive community and home based services, Florence: Taylor and Francis. 
Steinbeck K & Kohn M (editors) (2013) A clinical handbook in adolescent medicine: a guide for health professionals who work with adolescents and young adults, London: World Scientific. 
Thurston C (editor) (2013) Essential nursing care for children and young people: theory, policy and practice, Abingdon: Routledge. 
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