Adolescents' experiences of emergency admission to children's wards

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-207

  Clift, Louise ^a   Dampier, Sally ^b   Timmons, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Facilities; Hospitalization; Individual needs; Participation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITALIZED ADOLESCENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT, HOSPITALIZED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADMISSION; PEDIATRICS; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WALES;

EID: 38449110331     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493507079561     Document Type: Article

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