Needs and responses of parents following the diagnosis of childhood cancer

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-202

  Sloper, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Parents; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030147165     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1996.tb00787.x     Document Type: Article

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