Children of parents with cancer: A collaborative project between a child psychiatry clinic and an adult oncology clinic

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-436

  Schmitt, Florence ^a   Manninen, Hanna ^a   Santalahti, Päivi ^a   Savonlahti, Elina ^a   Pyrhönen, Seppo ^a   Romer, Georg ^b   Piha, Jorma ^c  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children of parents with cancer; Counselling

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CANCER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; ERROR; FAMILY COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MODEL; ONCOLOGY; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 34447629854     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104507078475     Document Type: Review

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