An ethnography of a children's renal unit: Experiences of children and young people with long-term renal illness

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3103-3114

  Lindsay Waters, Anne ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Children's labour; Children's social worlds; Chronic illness; Embodied experience; Renal illness; The childhood body

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 56349108167     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02645.x     Document Type: Article

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