Attitudes, perceptions, and family coping in pediatric cancer and childhood diabetes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1138, Issue , 2008, Pages 47-49

  Eapen, Valsamma ^a,b   Mabrouk, Abdelazim ^a   Bin Othman, Salem ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Diabetes mellitus; Family coping; Psychosocial factors; Self perceptions

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY COPING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; LEUKEMIA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 53149119255     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1414.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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