The effectiveness of a programme of enhancing resiliency by reducing family boundary ambiguity among children with epilepsy

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1443-1453

  Mu, Pei Fan ^a   Chang, Kai Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Boundary ambiguity; Experimental design; Mastery; Meaning; Nursing; Resiliency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING;

CHILD; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77955887024     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03075.x     Document Type: Article

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