title: Dependent on technology: a child grows up hospitalized.
abstract: Growing numbers of technology assisted children are indefinitely hospitalized due to factors related to lack of parental and societal support. By describing the needs of one child, recommendations for providing comprehensive chronic inpatient care and strategies for securing long-term placement for the indefinitely hospitalized child are presented.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Britton
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Johnston
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000523:psychology; D005581:Foster Home Care; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology