Lived experience of epilepsy from the perspective of children in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1415-1423

  Chen, Hsiu Jung ^a   Chen, Yueh Chih ^b   Yang, Hui Chuan ^b   Chi, Ching Shiang ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Lived experience; Nurses; Nursing; Phenomenology; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

CHILD; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955855017     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02966.x     Document Type: Article

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