Emotional functioning of parents of children with cancer: The first five years of continuous remission after the end of treatment

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 448-459

  Maurice Stam, Heleen ^a   Oort, Frans J ^a   Last, Bob F ^a,b   Grootenhuis, Martha A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Parental emotional adjustment; Psycho oncology

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGRESSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949114396     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1260     Document Type: Article

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