Parents' narratives about their experiences of their child's reconstructive genital surgeries for ambiguous genitalia

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3187-3195

  Sanders, Caroline ^a   Carter, Bernie ^b   Goodacre, Lynne ^c  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambigious genitalia; Children; Families; Genital surgery; Narrative; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PARENTS; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 56349160668     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02006.x     Document Type: Article

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