Psychosocial functioning in siblings of paediatric cancer patients one to six months after diagnosis

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1423-1432

  Houtzager, B A ^a   Grootenhuis, M A ^a   Hoekstra Weebers, J E H M ^b   Caron, H N ^a   Last, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Paediatric cancer; Prospective study design; Quality of life; Risk factors; Siblings; Social emotional functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SIBLING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLID TUMOR; TIME;

EID: 0038461090     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00275-2     Document Type: Article

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