Siblings of chronically III children: Towards an understanding of process

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-227

  Gardner, Eli ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisals; Chronic illness; Siblings; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PARENT; SIBLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

EID: 0031943672     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104598032006     Document Type: Article

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