Parent-child communication patterns during the first year after a parent's cancer diagnosis: The effect on parents' functioning

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4227-4237

  Gazendam Donofrio, Stacey ^a   Hoekstra, Harald ^a   Van Der Graaf, Winette ^b   Van De Wiel, Harry ^a   Visser, Annemieke ^a   Huizinga, Gea ^a   Hoekstra Weebers, Josette ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Comprehensive Cancer Center North East Netherlands ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distress; Parent child communication; Parental cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; STRESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70149103116     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24502     Document Type: Article

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