Coping with a child with down syndrome: The experiences of mothers in Hong Kong

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-237

  Lam, Lai Wah ^a   Mackenzie, Ann E ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DOWN SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANECDOTES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENTING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036482513     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973202129119856     Document Type: Article

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