Care-related distress: A nationwide study of parents who lost their child to cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 36, 2005, Pages 9162-9171

  Kreicbergs, Ulrika ^a   Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur ^a   Onelöv, Erik ^a   Björk, Olle ^a   Steineck, Gunnar ^a   Henter, Jan Inge ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CHILD DEATH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY WARD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DEATH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644818029     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.08.557     Document Type: Article

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