Benefits of a brief therapeutic conversation intervention for families of children and adolescents in active cancer treatment

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun ^a,b   Sigurdardottir, Anna Olafia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ICELAND; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84887559067     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.E346-E357     Document Type: Article

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