Developing a literature base to understand the caregiving experience of parents of children with cancer: A systematic review of factors related to parental health and well-being

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 807-818

  Klassen, Anne ^a   Raina, Parminder ^a   Reineking, Samantha ^b   Dix, David ^b   Pritchard, Sheila ^b   O'Donnell, Maureen ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Children; Neoplasms; Parents; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548562549     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0243-x     Document Type: Review

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