A comparative assessment of attendance and nonattendance at camp trillium by children with cancer and their families; Including their utilization of health and social services

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 358-365

  Barr, Ronald D ^a,b,e   Silva, Agustina ^d   Wong, Maria ^b   Frid, William ^d   Posgate, Susan ^a   Browne, Gina ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Camp Trillium   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Camp; Cancer; Children; Families; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMPING; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RELAPSE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITION; EWING SARCOMA; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; VALIDATION STUDY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955891556     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181dccc1f     Document Type: Article

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