Is elective surgery traumatic for children and their parents?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 618-624

  Ben Amitay, Galit ^a,b,c,d   Kosov, Irene ^a,b   Reiss, Ahuva ^a,b   Toren, Paz ^b,c   Yoran Hegesh, Roni ^a,b   Kotler, Moshe ^a,b   Mozes, Tamar ^a,b  

^a NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^d Child and Adolescents Outpatient Clinic   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Depression; Elective surgery; Post traumatic stress symptom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 33748433115     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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