A qualitative investigation into the maternal experience of having a young child with severe food allergy

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-64

  Rouf, Khadj ^a   White, Loretta ^b   Evans, Kathryn ^c  

^a OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

anaphylaxis; coping; interpretative phenomenological analysis; parents; severe food allergy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84856845222     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104511415636     Document Type: Article

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