The emotional response of families to children with leukemia at the lower socio-economic level in Central Mexico: A preliminary report

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-90

  Rocha García, Arnoldo ^a   Álvarez Del Río, Asunción ^b   Hérnandez Peña, Patricia ^c   Martínez García, María Del Carmen ^a   Marin Palomares T ^a   Lazcano Ponce, Eduardo ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMOTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MEXICO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0037254730     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.679     Document Type: Article

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