Absolute involvement: The experience of mothers of ventilator-dependent children

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 224-233

  Wilson, Sharon ^a,b   Morse, Janice M ^b,c   Penrod, Janice ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home care; Maternal caregiving; Medically fragile children; Technology dependent children

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032380281     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.1998.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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