Parental Perception of Urgency of Illness

Pediatric Research

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 549-553

  Kalidindi, Shiva ^a   Mahajan, Prashant ^b   Thomas, Ronald ^b   Sethuraman, Usha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Parental perception; Urgency of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952109471     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181ea71b3     Document Type: Article

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