Therapy for Parental Cancer and Dependent Children

Handbook of Psychotherapy in Cancer Care

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 225-234

  Lewis, Frances Marcus ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer parenting program; Children and parental cancer; Intervention; Parental cancer; Psychosocial; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871476518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470975176.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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