Parental Perceptions of Siblings' Grieving After a Childhood Cancer Death: A Longitudinal Study

Death Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-46

  Barrera, Maru ^a,b   Alam, Rifat ^c   D'Agostino, Norma Mammone ^d   Nicholas, David B ^e   Schneiderman, Gerald ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84871031662     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2012.678262     Document Type: Article

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