title: The perspective of siblings of children with chronic illness: a literature review.
abstract: This review gives an overview about the existing research concerning siblings' perspective within the familial experiences of childhood chronic illness. Besides attaining a conception of their world, it was intended to identify the unacknowledged issues concerning siblings' experience. Four databases were systematically searched. The analysis was concentrated on nine literature reviews. As a result, we identified a map of dimensions of experiences-well-elaborated as well as fragmentary. Many of the studies were conducted by a proxy and not from the sole siblings' perspective. Further research should concentrate on the sole siblings' perspective, in order to make siblings' voices audible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany. Electronic address: christiane.knecht@uni-wh.de.
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Knecht
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hellmers
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Metzing
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012801:Sibling Relations
keywords: Chronic illness; Experiences; Perspective; Siblings