Parental adjustment to the completion of their child's cancer treatment

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 524-531

  Wakefield, Claire E ^a,b   McLoone, Jordana K ^a,c   Butow, Phyllis ^d   Lenthen, Kate ^a   Cohn, Richard J ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Neoplasm; Parents; Psychological adjustment; Survivorship; Treatment completion

Indexed keywords

BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LONELINESS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; FATIGUE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARENTING; PARENTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79551628221     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22725     Document Type: Review

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