Parents' and Pediatricians' Views of Individuals with Meningomyelocele

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 113-117

  Bier, Jo Ann Blaymore ^a,b   Liebling, Jill A ^a   Morales, Yesenia ^a   Carlucci, Marianne ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PARENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029879731     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289603500301     Document Type: Article

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