Families and Childhood Cancer: An Exploration of the Observations of a Pediatric Oncology Treatment Team

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-27

  Harrington, Amanda Douglas ^a   Kimball, Thomas G ^a   Bean, Roy A ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; family therapy; therapist competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FAMILY RELATIONS; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 65449141726     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014909     Document Type: Article

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