A life enriching togetherness - Meanings of informal support when being a parent of a child with disability

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-246

  Lindblad, Britt Marie ^a,b   Holritz Rasmussen, Birgit ^b   Sandman, Per Olof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caring; Child; Disability; Family; Informal support; Parent; Phenomenological hermeneutic method; Togetherness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; HUMANS; PARENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34249909789     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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