Opinions on childhood cancer care and degree of agreement between patient/mother and mother/father pairs

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-45

  Lähteenmäki, Päivi M ^a   Mäkipernaa, Anne ^a   Helenius, Hans ^b   Salmi, Toivo T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Cancer care; Child; Parent; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PAIN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; VEIN PUNCTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 37849051617     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31815d1d5e     Document Type: Article

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