Fears of medical events among school-age children with emotional disorders, parents, and health care providers

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-71

  Wilson, Astrid Hellier ^a,b   Yorker, Beatrice ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030636630     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612849709006540     Document Type: Article

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