Parents' empathic responses and pain and distress in pediatric patients

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-113

  Penner, Louis A ^a,b   Cline, Rebecca J W ^a   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a   Harper, Felicity W K ^a   Peterson, Amy M ^b   Taub, Jeffrey M ^c   Ruckdeschel, John C ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 47249148878     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530802208824     Document Type: Article

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