Caring for a child with cancer: A longitudinal perspective

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-161

  Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregiving; Children; Health perceptions; Nursing; Parents' well being

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS;

EID: 17144415611     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03374.x     Document Type: Review

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