A parental perspective on living with a chronically ill child: a qualitative study.

This study explored parents' experience of living with a child with Juvenile Chronic Arthritis (JCA). Taped, open interviews with 22 parents (6 fathers) were transcribed and analyzed using the constant comparative method for grounded theory. A core category, labeled 'parental vigilance,' and two rel...

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Published in:Families, Systems & Health: The Journal of Collaborative Family HealthCare Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 193 - 205
Main Authors: Sallfors C, Hallberg LR
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: American Psychological Association Summer2003
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