"Contact A Family": Professionals and parents in partnership

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1053-1057

  Davies, S ^a   Hall, D ^b,c  

^a Contact A Family ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 26044475253     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.070706     Document Type: Review

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