Emotions, coping and the need for support in families of children with cancer: A model for psychosocial care

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-179

  Last, Bob F ^a   Grootenhuis, Martha A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Coping; Interventions; Psychosocial support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031935967     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(97)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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