Whose power/authority/knowledge? Conundrums in the experiences of parents whose children have cancer

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 13-35

  Clarke, Juanne N ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Data collection; Home health care; Parents' coping

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PARENTS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 17444414990     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v40n02_02     Document Type: Article

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