Spina Bifida: What We Learned from Consumers

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 935-944

  Betz, Cecily L ^a,b   Linroth, Ronna ^c   Butler, Carley ^b   Caruso, Jill ^a   Colgan Niemeyer, Amy ^a   Smith, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c Adult Outpatient Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care transitions; Spina bifida; Spina bifida consumer; Spina bifida personal experience

Indexed keywords

CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINA BIFIDA; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 77957143965     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2010.07.013     Document Type: Review

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