How children and young people construct and negotiate living with medical technology

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1796-1803

  Kirk, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Children; Chronic illness; Disability; Health technology; Identity; Normalisation; UK

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DISABILITY; MEDICINE; TECHNOLOGY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78049259141     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.044     Document Type: Article

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