Caring for Children With Life-Threatening Illnesses: Impact on White, African American, and Latino Families

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 500-507

  Hinojosa, Melanie Sberna ^a   Knapp, Caprice A ^a   Madden, Vanessa L ^a   Huang, I Chan ^a   Sloyer, Phyllis ^b   Shenkman, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Children; Family; Life threatening illnesses; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED CHILDREN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865411476     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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