Concerns and needs of children with epilepsy and their parents

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 195-202

  McNelis, Angela M ^a   Buelow, Janice ^a   Myers, Jennifer ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth Ann ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Qualitative research; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34447322063     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUR.0000280488.33884.1d     Document Type: Article

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