Social well-being of siblings living with a child with diabetes: A qualitative study

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 53-69

  Loos, Melissa ^a   Kelly, Simone ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood diabetes; Qualitative study; Sibling adjustment; Sibling relationships; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY RELATION; FEAR; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIBLING; SOCIAL WORKER; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SIBLING RELATIONS;

EID: 33748532202     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v43n04_04     Document Type: Article

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