Coping With Autism: A Journey Toward Adaptation

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-213

  Lutz, Heidi R ^a   Patterson, Barbara J ^b   Klein, Jean ^c  

^a MESSIAH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Autism; Family unit; Narrative research; Pediatric nurses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860123730     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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