An Everyday Struggle-Swedish Families' Lived Experiences During a Child's Cancer Treatment

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 423-432

  Björk, Maria ^a,b   Wiebe, Thomas ^a,b   Hallström, Inger ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Family; Lived experience; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 70349280600     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.01.082     Document Type: Article

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