Early parental adjustment and bereavement after childhood cancer death

Death Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 497-520

  Barrera, Maru ^a   O'Connor, Kathleen ^b   D'Agostino, Norma Mammone ^a   Spencer, Lynlee ^c   Nicholas, David ^a   Jovcevska, Vesna ^c   Tallet, Susan ^c   Schneiderman, Gerald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTHER; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650617494     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180902961153     Document Type: Article

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