Weekend courses for families who have lost a child with cancer

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 352-355

  Sirkiä, Kirsti ^a,b   Ahlgren, Brita ^a   Hovi, Liisa ^a   Saarinen Pihkala, Ulla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Coping after death; Death from cancer; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMAN; MOURNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034096532     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200005)34:5<352::AID-MPO7>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Review

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