On being an ill parent

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-37

  Altschuler, Jenny ^a   Dale, Barbara ^a,b  

^a TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Family Therapy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Gender; Illness; Parent; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; SELF CARE;

EID: 0032914129     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104599004001003     Document Type: Article

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