DISCUSSION: Self esteem formed in childhood and developed during growth of child, there are lot of factors influencing it; to have high or low self esteem during life depends on these factors. One of these factors is disease, especially chronic and life threatening. In main essay I discuss about self esteem and its differences in three groups.
OBJECT: Comparing self esteem in three groups of patients Hemophilic, Thallassemic and Acute cancer in Esfahanians patients.
METHOD: Filling kooper Smith Questioner by100 (20 hemo.30 thall,50canc.) patients referring to OPD in SAIED-AL –SHOHADA Hospital in Esfahan to find scales of self esteem in three groups and compare them with normal standards.
Result: There were differences in self esteem in these three groups that will be discussed in main essay.