Parental caregiving of children with cancer and family impact, economic burden: Nursing perspectives

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-60

  Williams, Phoebe D ^a   Williams, Kirstin A ^a,b   Williams, Arthur R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Economic burden; Parental caregiving and family impact

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PARENT;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS;

EID: 84894529880     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: 1521043X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01460862.2013.855843     Document Type: Article

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