Daily Struggles: Living with Long-Term Childhood Technology Dependence

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 7-14

  Alexander, Eren ^a   Rennick, Janet E ^b   Carnevale, Franco ^b   Davis, Michael ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Family functioning; Grounded theory; Home ventilation; Technology dependence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; QUEBEC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0036982793     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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