Cerebral palsy: Experiences of mothers after learning their child's diagnosis

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1213-1221

  Huang, Yu Ping ^a   Kellett, Ursula M ^b   St John, Winsome ^b  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Chinese; Culture; Diagnosis; Mothers; Nursing; Phenomenology; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFUCIANISM; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77952864733     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05270.x     Document Type: Article

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