Mothers' evolving relationships with doctors and nurses during the chronic childhood illness trajectory

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 755-764

  Swallow, Veronica M ^a   Jacoby, Ann ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood chronic illness; Competence; Diagnosis; Mothers; Relationships; Scepticism; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0035749473     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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