Impact of caring for a child with cancer on single parents compared with parents from two-parent families

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-79

  Klassen, Anne F ^a   Dix, David ^b   Papsdorf, Michael ^b   Klaassen, Robert J ^c   Yanofsky, Rochelle ^d   Sung, Lillian ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Childhood cancer; Quality of life; Single parent; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANADA; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLID TUMOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGLE PARENT;

EID: 81155149443     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22952     Document Type: Article

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