A pediatric civil war burn victim: the patient's and caregivers' stress and coping

Plast Surg Nurs. 2005 Apr-Jun;25(2):66-71. doi: 10.1097/00006527-200504000-00005.

Abstract

A patient's and the caregivers' threats and reliefs during nursing of a pediatric civil war burn victim, treated through a charity grant in a Western hospital, are discussed and supported by a literature review.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Angola
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Attitude to Health
  • Burns / psychology*
  • Burns / surgery
  • Caregivers / psychology
  • Child
  • Child, Hospitalized / psychology*
  • Communication Barriers
  • Germany
  • Humans
  • Life Change Events
  • Male
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / psychology*
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / nursing
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / psychology
  • Psychological Theory
  • Psychology, Child
  • Risk Factors
  • Social Support
  • Stress, Psychological / prevention & control
  • Stress, Psychological / psychology*
  • Warfare