A child’s admission to hospital: a qualitative study examining the experiences of parents
- 15 July 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 31 (9) , 1248-1254
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-2728-8
Abstract
To compare the experiences of parents and children during inpatient admission to either a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) or a general paediatric ward (GPW) with a specific focus on identifying factors which may influence psychological outcome.Keywords
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