作者
Nicola Iles, Karen Lowton
发表日期
2010/1
期刊
Health & social care in the community
卷号
18
期号
1
页码范围
21-29
出版商
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
简介
The majority of those diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) now live to adulthood. In response to increased survival age, transition services have been developed to ensure smooth transfer from paediatric to adult specialist healthcare, although the majority of treatment and care continues to be delivered in the home. However, little is known about how young adults and staff conceptualise the nature of the parental role after young people have left paediatric care. The aim of this study is to explore the nature of parental support that is perceived to be available at this time. As part of a larger study of transitional care, semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 50 young people with CF aged 13–24 years (32 with experience of transition and/or adult CF services) and 23 specialist healthcare professionals (14 working in adult care) across two CF centres in Southeast England. Interviews took place in young people’s …
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