Parenting under Pressure: A grounded theory of parenting young children with life-threatening congenital heart disease

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 619-630

  Rempel, Gwen R ^a   Ravindran, Vinitha ^b   Rogers, Laura G ^a   Magill Evans, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Grounded theory; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Nursing; Parenting; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873994018     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06044.x     Document Type: Article

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