title: Chronic renal disease: the mother's experience.
abstract: In a qualitative study, mothers (N = 4) of children with chronic renal disease were asked to share the meaning they assigned to their child's illness. The central theme of "uncertainty" emerged from the data and was described in three phases: (a) finding out, (b) learning to live with chronic illness, and (c) worries and dreams about the future. In this article phase three, labeled "learning to live with chronic illness," is presented.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: MacDonald
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000451:nursing*; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis