The functioning of single women with breast cancer and their school-aged children

Cancer Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-24

  Lewis, Frances Marcus ^a   Zahlis, Ellen H ^a   Shands, Mary Ellen ^a   Sinsheimer, Janet A ^a   Hammond, Mary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; children; children's adjustment; family functioning; psychological adjustment; single women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT;

EID: 0030020040     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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