'It's okay, it helps me to breathe': The experience of home ventilation from a child's perspective

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 270-282

  Earle, Rebecca J ^a   Rennick, Janet E ^b   Carnevale, Franco A ^b   Michael Davis, G ^c  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Experience; Home ventilation; Technology dependence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MORALITY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MORALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 36849083676     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493506067868     Document Type: Article

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