Resultados: 2

Family appraisal of the Down Syndrome diagnosis

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the family appraisal about the Down syndrome diagnosis. Method: this is a qualitative, exploratory study, guided by the Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 Brazilian parents of children with Down...

Coping with the diagnosis and hospitalization of a child with childhood cancer

Invest. educ. enferm; 33 (3), 2015
Objective.Find out how family members cope with hospitalization due to the diagnosis of childhood cancer. Methodology. This is a descriptive-exploratory design study with qualitative data analyses, undertaken in the Support Center for Childhood Cancer in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. 10 members of the familie...