Social support and adolescent cancer survivors: A review of the literature

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Decker, Carol L ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cancer; Review; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; GENDER; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33846707893     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1073     Document Type: Review

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