Psychosocial functioning and career decision-making in Israeli adolescent and young adult cancer survivors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 708-713

  Stern, Marilyn ^a   Krivoy, Elena ^b   Foster, Rebecca H ^a   Bitsko, Matthew ^a   Toren, Amos ^c   Ben Arush, Myriam ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors; Career decision making; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAREER PLANNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOMA; SELF REPORT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957081362     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22642     Document Type: Article

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