Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 244-249 , September 2004

Father stress during a child's critical care hospitalization

  • Rhonda Board, PhD, RN, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • Rhonda Board is Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, School of Nursing, Boston, Mass.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Rhonda Board, PhD, RN, CCRN, Northeastern University, School of Nursing, Robinson Hall, Boston, MA 02115

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☆ Funding for the larger study was provided by a National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, NR07175-01A2; a Graduate Student Alumni Research Award from The Ohio State University Graduate School; and a grant from the Epsilon chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2004.06.003

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 244-249 , September 2004

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