"Shifting family boundaries" after the diagnosis of childhood cancer in stepfamilies

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-132

  Kelly, Katherine Patterson ^a   Ganong, Lawrence H ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary ambiguity; childhood cancer; divorce; family nursing; parent; secondary analysis; stepfamily

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952087227     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840710397365     Document Type: Article

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