Achieving balance: A case study examination of an adolescent coping with life-limiting cancer

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 334-339

  Callaghan, Erin E ^a,b  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Coping; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONTROL; EWING SARCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 35548931975     PISSN: 10434542     EISSN: 15328457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043454207305296     Document Type: Article

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