The impact of educating parents of leukemic children on the patients' quality of life

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 46-50

  Hashemi, Fatemeh ^a   Asadi, N ^a   Beheshtipour, N ^a   Karimi, M ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Education; Leukemia; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 80051482428     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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