Stress in families with medically fragile children

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-188

  Ratliffe, Clark E ^a   Harrigan, Rosanne C ^a   Haley, Janice ^a   Tse, Alice ^a   Olson, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036636607     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01460860290042558     Document Type: Article

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