Dealing with chaos and complexity: The reality of interviewing children and families in their own homes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3123-3130

  MacDonald, Kath ^a   Greggans, Alison ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Interviewing; Nurses; Nursing; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NONLINEAR SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 56349134034     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02495.x     Document Type: Article

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