Parent or nurse? The experience of being the parent of a technology-dependent child

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 456-464

  Kirk, Susan ^a   Glendinning, Caroline ^b   Callery, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Complex healthcare needs; Home care; Nursing; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING CARE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING CARE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; ROLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 23944469011     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03522.x     Document Type: Article

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