This 21st volume of the Annual Review synthesizes nursing research to date on child health and illness, including family issues. Ages range from pre-term babies to adolescents, with a focus on chronic illness. A special final chapter reviews the highlights of the past 10 volumes of the Annual Review of Nursing Research, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Review.

Introduction

1. Enhancing Nursing Research with Children and Families Using a Developmental Science Perspective, M.S. Miles and D. Holditch-Davis
2. Preterm Infants :Care of Preterm Infants: Programs of Research and Their Relationship to Developmental Science, D. Holditch-Davis and B. Black
3. Developmental Transition from Gavage to Oral Feeding in the Preterm Infant, S.M. Thoyre
4. Children with Health Problems:Physical Symptoms in Children and Adolescents, H. Rhee
5. Symptom Experiences of Children and Adolescents with Cancer, S. Docherty
6. Growing Up with Chronic Illness: Psychosocial Adjustment of Children and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis, B. Christian
7. Childrenís Psychological Responses to Hospitalization, J.A. Vessey
8. Children Living with Chronic Illness: An Examination of Their Stressors, Coping Responses, and Health Outcomes, J.L. Stewart
9. Parents and Families:Parents of Children with Chronic Health Problems: Programs of Nursing Research and Their Relationship to Developmental Science, M.S. Miles
10. The Sibling Experience of Living with Childhood Chronic Illness and Disability, M. Van Riper
11. Maternal Mental Health and Parenting in Poverty, L. Beeber and M.S. Miles
12. A Review of the Second Decade of the Annual Review of Nursing Research Series, J.J. Fitzpatrick and J.S. Stevenson