TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Stigma perspective of siblings of children with a major childhood burn injury
JO  - Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
A1  - Lehna, Carlee
SP  - 557
EP  - 562
VL  - 25
IS  - 10
N2  - PURPOSE: To understand the stigma perspective of siblings of children with major burn injury. DATA SOURCES: A mixed method, qualitative-dominant study was conducted. The life story method was used for the qualitative portion. Only narratives from those family members describing the sibling's appearance change were used (N = 18 participants). CONCLUSIONS: Stigma experienced by siblings was first described by parents or noninjured siblings; they described how the sibling with changed appearance was stared at, ridiculed, or teased when they entered a new social situation. Only when specifically asked did the children with burn injury talk about their problems, saying, "This always happens when I go somewhere new." IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Children with changed appearance focused on normalizing their lives in a positive way. Oftentimes, it was a parent or noninjured sibling who would describe manifestations of stigma and ways they tried to protect the child with burn injury.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2327-6886
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-7599.12007
ID  - ref1
ER  -