Parental experience of childhood cancer using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Psychology and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 704-720

  Schweitzer, Robert ^a   Griffiths, Maya ^a   Yates, Patsy ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cancer; children; lived experience; parents; phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARENT; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84860752913     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2011.622379     Document Type: Article

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