Gaps in transitional care: What are the perceptions of adolescents, parents and providers?

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-80

  Sonneveld, H M ^a   Strating, M M H ^a   van Staa, A L ^a,b   Nieboer, A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chronic illness; Parents; Providers; Satisfaction; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870999407     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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