Telephone support groups for isolated bereaved parents: A review of the literature and an example from australian paediatric oncology

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-336

  Nair, Kerry ^a   Goodenough, Belinda ^a   Cohn, Richard ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Grief; Isolated; Parents; Telephone support group

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547201897     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105413730601400402     Document Type: Article

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