SUDEP: What do parents want to know?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 560-564

  RamachandranNair, Rajesh ^a   Jack, Susan M ^a   Meaney, Brandon F ^a   Ronen, Gabriel M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counseling; Epilepsy; Qualitative research; Sudden unexpected death

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EPILEPSY; EXHAUSTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILT; HEALTH LITERACY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEUROLOGIST; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT WORRY; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

COUNSELING; EPILEPSY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH;

CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84888011471     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.09.040     Document Type: Article

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