Parents of children with serious illness are more resilient than credited

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 258-259

  Wolfe, Joanne ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; FAMILY STRESS; HEART DISEASE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENT; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; HUMANS; PARENTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84858115176     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.9607     Document Type: Editorial

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