We can handle this: Parents' use of religion in the first year following their child's diagnosis with cystic fibrosis

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 95-108

  Grossoehme, Daniel H ^a   Ragsdale, Judy ^a   Wooldridge, Jamie L ^a   Cotton, Sian ^b   Seid, Michael ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Diagnosis; Grounded theory; Parenting; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; THEORETICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77954858912     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854726.2010.480833     Document Type: Article

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