Life is never the same: Childhood cancer narratives

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-18

  Woodgate, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Children; Families; Illness narratives

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 33645084824     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2005.00614.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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