Helping children cope when a family member has cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 196-199

  Rittenberg, Cynthia N ^a  

^a Ochsner Cancer Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer diagnosis; Children; Family members; Impact

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING RELATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SIBLING RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0030144231     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01682340     Document Type: Article

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