Is my sick child healthy? Is my healthy child sick?: Changing parental experiences of cystic fibrosis in the age of expanded newborn screening

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1056-1064

  Grob, Rachel ^a  

^a SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Disease; Genetics; Illness; Newborn screening; Parenting; USA

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HERITABILITY; PARENTAL CARE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48949093822     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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