Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 72-79 , April 2009

The impact on parents of a child’s admission to intensive care: Integration of qualitative findings from a cross-sectional study

  • Gillian Colville

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Psychology Service, 2nd Floor Clare House, St George’s Hospital, London SW17 0QT, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 208 725 2214; fax: +44 208 725 2251.
    • ,
  • Janet Darkins

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health-Related Research, School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Janet Hesketh

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health-Related Research, School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Virginia Bennett

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health-Related Research, School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • John Alcock

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health-Related Research, School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Jane Noyes

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health-Related Research, School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom

,Accepted 1 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.10.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 72-79 , April 2009

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