Existential anxiety and growth: An exploration of computerized drawings and perspectives of children and Adolescents with Cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-159

  Woodgate, Roberta L ^a   West, Christina H ^b   Tailor, Ketan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arts based methods; Cancer; Children; Existential challenges; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ART THERAPY; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ART THERAPY; CHILD; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84894444553     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31829ded29     Document Type: Article

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