Test of a conceptual model of uncertainty in children and adolescents with cancer

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-191

  Stewart, Janet L ^a   Mishel, Merle H ^b   Lynn, Mary R ^b   Terhorst, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cancer; Growth and development; Parent child relationship; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 77953939495     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20374     Document Type: Article

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