Exploring health-related experiences of children and young people with congenital heart disease

Health Expectations

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-29

  Birks, Yvonne ^a   Sloper, Patricia ^a   Lewin, Robert ^a   Parsons, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Congenital heart disease; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33847183176     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2006.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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