Chronic sorrow: adaptation patterns of parents with chronically ill children.
Chronic sorrow is a concept that describes parental psychologic reaction to a child who has special health needs. The term can be applied to all types of chronic disabilities regardless of their degree of severity. The term was conceptualized in the early 1960s, but the research momentum has just recently begun.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012380:Role