Caregivers' voices: The experiences of caregivers of children who sustained serious accidental and non-accidental head injury in early childhood

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 268-286

  Wharewera Mika, Julie ^a   Cooper, Erana ^a   Kool, Bridget ^b   Pereira, Susana ^c   Kelly, Patrick ^b,c  

^a Flying Doctors Ngä Manu Ärahi   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Starship Children's Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caregivers; children; head injury; non accidental head injury; thematic analysis; wh nau families

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84962784368     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104515589636     Document Type: Article

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