Making the most of the moment: When a child's mother has breast cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-54

  Davis Kirsch, Sallie E ^a   Brandt, Patricia A ^a   Lewis, Frances M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Family coping; Intervention efficacy; Mother child relationship; Qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY LIFE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD REARING; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0037307946     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200302000-00007     Document Type: Article

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