Children's experiences as hospital in-patients: Voice, competence and work. Messages for nursing from a critical ethnographic study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1292-1303

  Livesley, Joan ^a   Long, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children and young people; Children and young people's nursing; Children in Hospital; Children's voice; Critical ethnography; Hospital in patients; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S NURSING; CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL; CHILDREN'S VOICE; CRITICAL ETHNOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL IN-PATIENTS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S NURSING; CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL; CHILDREN'S VOICE; CRITICAL ETHNOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL IN-PATIENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS;

EID: 84883055433     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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