Experiences and resistance strategies utilized by fathers of children with cancer

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-275

  Nicholas, David B ^a   Gearing, Robin E ^b   McNeill, Ted ^c   Fung, Karen ^c   Lucchetta, Sonia ^c   Selkirk, Enid K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Coping; Experiences; Family; Fathers; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449088916     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802591734     Document Type: Article

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