Shot Night: Medical Procedures Can Be Painful for Parents Too.

Deren, Sherry

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ERIC Number: EJ356787

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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Shot Night: Medical Procedures Can Be Painful for Parents Too.

Deren, Sherry

Exceptional Parent, v17 n5 p13-14 Jul-Aug 1987

The mother of a five-year-old with partial growth hormone deficiency recounts how she and her son attempted to deal with the physical pain and emotional upheaval caused by the regular injections of human growth hormones she had to administer to the child. (CB)

Descriptors: Body Height, Coping, Immunization Programs, Medical Services, Mother Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Personal Narratives, Physical Development, Physical Disabilities, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Parents

Language: English

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