Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Sibling Survivors: A Family Systems Approach

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 123-136

  Buchbinder, David ^a   Casillas, Jacqueline ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brother; childhood cancer; family; sister; survivor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SIBLING; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIBLINGS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 80053324691     PISSN: 10434542     EISSN: 15328457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043454210384601     Document Type: Article

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