My child has cancer: The costs of mothers' experiences of having a child with pediatric cancer

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-184

  Fletcher, Paula C ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77954905743     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: 1521043X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01460862.2010.498698     Document Type: Article

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