Financial and Social Effects on Children and Adolescents when a Parent is Diagnosed with Cancer

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 293-310

  Torp, Steffen ^a   Thoresen, Lisbeth ^a   Grønningsæter, Arne Backer ^b   Grov, Ellen Karine ^c   Gustavsen, Karin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Telemark Research Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cancer survivors; Children; Economy; Health promotion; Informal caregivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880149005     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-012-0290-0     Document Type: Article

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