Containing acute childhood illness within family life: A substantive grounded theory

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-344

  Neill, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute illness; Central process; Childhood; Containment; Core category; Family; Glaserian; Grounded theory; Moral agents; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952255606     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493510380078     Document Type: Article

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