"you think it's hard now ... It gets much harder for our children": Youth with autism and their caregiver's perspectives of health care transition services

Autism

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 992-1001

  Cheak Zamora, Nancy C ^a   Teti, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence youth; autism; caregiving; health care transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944064069     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361314558279     Document Type: Article

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