Anticipatory grieving among parents living with a child with cancer

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1980-1990

  Al Gamal, Ekhlas ^a   Long, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticipatory grief; Cancer; Children; Jordan; Nurses; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955251582     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05381.x     Document Type: Article

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