Systems thinking perspectives applied to healthcare transition for youth with disabilities: A paradigm shift for practice, policy and research

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 806-814

  Hamdani, Y ^a   Jetha, A ^a   Norman, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to healthcare; Adolescence; Childhood disability; Health services; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SYSTEMS THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SYSTEMS THEORY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE;

EID: 80054727324     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01313.x     Document Type: Article

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