Coping with chronic disease from the perspective of children and adolescents - A conceptual framework and its implications for participation

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-75

  Schmidt, Silke ^a   Petersen, C ^a   Bullinger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Chronic (health) condition; Chronic disease; Coping; Interpersonal; Participation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037237847     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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