Posttraumatic stress symptoms and distress among parents of children with cancer

Children's Health Care

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 289-303

  Fuemmeler, Bernard F ^a,d   Mullins, Larry L ^b   Van Pelt, Jill ^c   Carpentier, Melissa Y ^c   Parkhurst, Joan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 28944439800     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326888chc3404_4     Document Type: Article

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