“Living in the dragon’s shadow” fathers’ experiences of a child’s life-limiting illness

Death Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-135

  Davies, Betty ^a   Gudmundsdottir, Maria ^a   Worden, Bill ^b,c   Orloff, Stacy ^d   Sumner, Liz ^e   Brenner, Paul ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Rosemead School of Psychology   (United States)

^d The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast   (United States)

^e San Diego Hospice   (United States)

^f Creative Healing Project Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRENGTH; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINALLY ILL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 1342281511     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180490254501     Document Type: Article

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