Parenting a child with chronic illness: a metasynthesis.
Increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with chronic illnesses each year. Some parents are finding themselves providing all the care to these children. The experience of parents caring for a child with a chronic illness is examined in this metasynthesis.
Essex Pediatrics, VT, USA.
Jean Sheerin
JS
Coffey
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy; D002654:Child Care; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D012107:Research Design; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology