Students with brain tumors: Their post-treatment perceptions of teachers, peers, and academics and retrospective views on school during treatment

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-125

  Long, Lori A ^a   Wodrich, David L ^a   Levy, Roy ^a   Etzl, Michael M ^b   Gieseking, Annie T ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Childhood illness; Education; Instrument development; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACULTY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950358920     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493509355531     Document Type: Article

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