"Now we have to cope with the rest of our lives". Existential issues related to parenting a child surviving a brain tumour

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 543-551

  Forinder, Ulla ^a,b   Norberg, Annika Lindahl ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood brain tumour; Crisis; Existential issues; Parents; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77953609508     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0678-3     Document Type: Article

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