Parenting children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome: Finding a balance

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-189

  Lee, Anra ^a   Rempel, Gwen R ^b  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Normalization; Parenting; Qualitative research; Secondary analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALBERTA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959744334     PISSN: 15390136     EISSN: 17446155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2011.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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