Parents' emotional and social experiences of caring for a child through cleft treatment

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 346-359

  Nelson, Pauline A ^a   Kirk, Susan A ^a   Caress, Ann Louise ^a   Glenny, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body image; children, disability; grounded theory; parenting; psychosocial issues

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CLEFT PALATE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; DISABLED CHILDREN; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856704509     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311421178     Document Type: Article

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