Being a parent of an adult son or daughter with severe mental illness receiving professional care: Parents' narratives

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 194-204

  Pejlert, Anita ^a,b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community care; Narratives; Parental care giving; Phenomenological hermeneutics; Psychiatric nursing; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PARENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHAME; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHAME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035409375     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0966-0410.2001.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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