Parents’ Perceptions About Their Child’s Illness in Pediatric Cancer: Links with Caregiving Burden and Quality of Life

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1129-1140

  Salvador, Ágata ^a   Crespo, Carla ^a   Martins, Ana Rita ^a   Santos, Susana ^a   Canavarro, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Caregiving burden; Pediatric cancer; Perceptions of illness; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893165151     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: 15732843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-014-9921-8     Document Type: Article

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