Family Routines and Rituals When a Parent Has Cancer

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-227

  Buchbinder, Mara ^a   Longhofer, Jeffrey ^b   McCue, Kathleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Gathering Place ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

children; family functioning; parental cancer; rituals; routines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72149095153     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017005     Document Type: Article

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