Quality-of-life in technology-dependent children receiving home care, and their families - A qualitative study

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 51-55

  Baumgardner, Dennis J ^a   Burtea, E Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHICS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TECHNOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GASTROSTOMY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0031771660     PISSN: 00436542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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