Transitioning childhood cancer survivors to adult-centered healthcare: Insights from parents, adolescent, and young adult survivors

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 982-990

  Casillas, Jacqueline ^a   Kahn, Katherine L ^a,b,c   Doose, Michelle ^a   Landier, Wendy ^d   Bhatia, Smita ^d   Hernandez, Joanna ^a   Zeltzer, Lonnie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent and young adults; Childhood cancer; Latino; Oncology; Stigma; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; STIGMA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956257312     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1650     Document Type: Article

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