Living without a diagnosis: The parental experience

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 807-815

  Lewis, Celine ^a   Skirton, Heather ^b   Jones, Ray ^b  

^a GENETIC ALLIANCE UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GROUNDED THEORY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANXIETY; CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GENETIC TESTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 78650408570     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2010.0061     Document Type: Article

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