Family photographs: Expressions of parents raising children with disabilities

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 456-467

  Lassetter, Jane H ^a   Mandleco, Barbara L ^a   Roper, Olsen Susanne ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child with disability; Photography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147171435     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732306298804     Document Type: Article

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