'Building a new normality': Mothers' experiences of caring for a child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-160

  Earle, E A ^a   Clarke, S A ^a   Eiser, C ^a   Sheppard, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Family functioning; Normal life; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846859350     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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