Developing a family-level intervention for families of children with cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 983-990

  Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun ^a   Sigurdardottir, Anna Olafia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 33750110643     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/06.ONF.983-990     Document Type: Article

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