Mothering a hospitalized child: It's the 'little things' that matter

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 186-195

  Gasquoine, Susan E ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Family centred care; Hospitalized child; Mothering; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOVE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 32944478237     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493505054416     Document Type: Article

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