Assessing Experiences of Children Who Attended a Camp for Children with Cancer and Their Siblings: A Preliminary Study

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-133

  Wu, Yelena P ^a   Prout, Kerry ^a   Roberts, Michael C ^a   Parikshak, Sangeeta ^a   Amylon, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chronic illness; Oncology; Pediatric; Sibling; Summer camp

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953026794     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-010-9123-5     Document Type: Article

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