I'll show them: The social construction of (in)competence in survivors of childhood brain tumors

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 164-174

  Boydell, Katherine M ^a,b,c   Stasiulis, Elaine ^c   Greenberg, Mark ^b   Greenberg, Corin ^d   Spiegler, Brenda ^c  

^a Hospital for Sick Children

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY GROUP OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Childhood cancer survivors; Emerging adults; Qualitative; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN TUMOR; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 42649092558     PISSN: 10434542     EISSN: 15328457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043454208315547     Document Type: Article

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