Summer camps for chronically ill children: A source of respite care for mothers

Children's Health Care

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 317-331

  Meltzer, Lisa J ^a,b   Johnson, Suzanne Bennett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644260537     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326888chc3304_5     Document Type: Article

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