Activation of the maternal caregiving system by childhood fever - A qualitative study of the experiences made by mothers with a German or a Turkish background in the care of their children

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Langer, Thorsten ^a   Pfeifer, Miriam ^a   Soenmez, Aynur ^a   Kalitzkus, Vera ^a   Wilm, Stefan ^a   Schnepp, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caregiving system; Childhood fever; Culture; Fever phobia; Parental experience; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; FEVER; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEAR; FEMALE; FEVER; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TURKEY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875079996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-35     Document Type: Article

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