My child has cancer: Finding the silver lining in every mother's nightmare

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-55

  Fletcher, Paula C ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mothers; Pediatric cancer; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952158165     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: 1521043X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01460862.2011.557905     Document Type: Article

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