Changing attitudes towards the care of children in hospital: A new assessment of the in.uence of the work of Bowlby and Robertson in the UK, 1940-1970

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-142

  van der Horst, Frank C P ^a   van der Veer, René ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children in hospital; Deprivation; Separation; Visiting times

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 62249180017     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802503655     Document Type: Article

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