Grandparents' Role in Family Systems with a Deaf Child: An Exploratory Study

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 260-267

  Nybo, William L ^a   Scherman, Avraham ^b   Freeman, Paige L ^b  

^a Mental Health Services   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEAFNESS; FAMILY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032111458     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2012.0170     Document Type: Article

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