Living with parental multiple sclerosis: Children's experiences and clinical implications

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-156

  Turpin, Merrill ^a   Leech, Christine ^b   Hackenberg, Louisa ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HACC/MASS Continence Project   (Canada)

^c Risk and Compliance Division

^d Risk and Compliance Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children's experiences; Multiple sclerosis; Parental illness; Qualitative studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RESPONSIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 45149133507     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000841740807500306     Document Type: Article

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