The feasibility of offering a family level intervention to parents of children with cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 368-372

  Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrún ^a,c   Sigurdardottir, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c NONE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents with cancer; Clinical setting; Family level intervention; Feasibility

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EVALUATION; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FATHER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; SCORING SYSTEM; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FAMILY NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY NURSING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; ICELAND; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33644877704     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2005.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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