Understanding the importance of relationships: Perspective of children with intellectual disabilities, their parents, and nurses in Canada

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 221-237

  Aston, Megan ^a   Breau, Lynn ^b   MacLeod, Emily ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Feminist poststructuralism; Intellectual disabilities; Qualitative research; Relationships

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CANADA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DENTIST; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EXCITEMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; FEMINIST POSTSTRUCTURALISM; FRUSTRATION; GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84921680384     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629514538877     Document Type: Review

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