Gender and emotions: Icelandic parents experiencing childhood cancer

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 531-538

  Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Children with cancer; Gender; Parents' well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ICELAND; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 19544394605     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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