Childhood Leukaemia: Towards an Integrated Psychosocial Intervention Programme in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 485-490

  Macner Licht, B ^c   Rajalingam, V ^a   Bernard Opitz, V ^b  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer support groups; Coping; Paediatric psycho oncology; Play therapy; Psychosocial intervention

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PLAY THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; PARENTS; PLAY THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032113539     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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