"This is not just a little accident": A qualitative understanding of paediatric burns from the perspective of parents

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-50

  McGarry, Sarah ^a,b,c   Elliott, Catherine ^a,d   McDonald, Ann ^a,d   Valentine, Jane ^a,d   Wood, Fiona ^c,d   Girdler, Sonya ^b,e  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Universidad de Western Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Paediatric burn; Paediatric trauma; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BURN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84918812949     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2014.892640     Document Type: Article

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