Childhood cancer and users' views: A critical perspective

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 173-177

  Dixon Woods, M ^c   Young, B ^a   Heney, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Parenting; Patients' perspectives; Qualitative research; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 1842855582     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2002.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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