Being there: Parenting the child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1553-1562

  Kars, Marijke C ^a   Duijnstee, Mia Sh ^a   Pool, Aart ^b   Van Delden, Johannes Jm ^a   Grypdonck, Mieke Hf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Inst of Care and Welf   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Neoplasms; Nurses; Nursing; Parent child relations; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

EID: 43849092478     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02235.x     Document Type: Article

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