Chronic sorrow: One mother's experience with two children with lissencephaly

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 290-294

  Scornaienchi, Jean M ^a,b  

^a Bancroft NeuroHealth   (United States)

^b Bancroft Neurosciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISABILITY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FATHER; GRIEF; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MOTHER; NURSING; PARENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SEIZURES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0242539877     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5245(03)00123-8     Document Type: Article

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