Comparing parents' and children's views of children's quality of life after heart transplant

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-58

  Green, Angela L ^a   McSweeney, Jean ^b   Ainley, Kathy ^a   Bryant, Janet ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Organ transplantation; Quality of life; School age children

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE; BASE COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 58349108750     PISSN: 15390136     EISSN: 17446155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2008.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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