Chapter 1 Introduction to the children and their educational frameworks
Alison Closs; Chapter 2 'I didn't ask to have this': first-person accounts of young people
Kathryn Hegarty
Tanya Lyke
Richard Docherty
Sinead Douglas; Chapter 3 The psychological impact of chronic illness on children's development
Christine Eiser; Chapter 4 Researching the education of children with medical conditions: reflections on two projects
Angela Bolton
Alison Closs
Claire Norris; Chapter 5 Parents' expectations and experiences of their children's education
Sandra Mason
Amanda O'Sullivan
Tony O'Sullivan
Mairi Ann Cullen; Chapter 6 The role and achievements of voluntary organisations supporting education
Kirsteen Tait
Helen Hart; Chapter 7 Health services: supporting children
families and schools
Patricia Jackson; Chapter 8 Issues for the effectiveness of children's school education
Alison Closs; Chapter 9 'There were more than I thought': reflections on a medical audit and its implications for a primary school
Joy McFarlane; Chapter 10 'People took a lot for granted': a secondary school's support for pupils with chronic illness and medical conditions
Ronnie Hassard; Chapter 11 Towards quality educational services for children out of school for reasons of health
Peter Feeley
Carolyn Skilling; Chapter 12 More like a friend: case studies of working in wards and at home with children with a poor prognosis
Ann Burnett; Chapter 13 Schools and death
Oliver Leaman; Chapter 14 Privileged witnesses? Siblings' views
Bernadette Kelly
Jeremy Nelson
Alison Closs; Chapter 15 Resources to support education staff working with children with medical conditions
Alison Closs;
