Experience of adults and children in hospitals

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 707-715

  Rokach, Ami ^a,b   Parvini, Maneli ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Center for Academic Studies   (Israel)

Author keywords

Experience; Hospitalisation; Hospitals; Illness; Psychological effects; Sick children

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956127716     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2010.483115     Document Type: Review

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