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Mental health and well-being of parents caring for a ventilator-dependent child

Julianne Lee1, Fiona Lynn2

  • 1Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland.

Nursing Children and Young People
|June 13, 2017
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Keywords:
carerschild healthlong-term ventilationmental healthparentswell-being

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