Missed opportunities for earlier treatment? A qualitative interview study with parents of children admitted to hospital with serious respiratory tract infections

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-159

  Francis, Nick A ^a   Crocker, Joanna C ^a   Gamper, Arla ^a   Brookes Howell, Lucy ^a   Powell, Colin ^a   Butler, Christopher C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; PARENT; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 78651442453     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.188680     Document Type: Article

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