School-aged and adolescent children's experience when a parent has non-terminal cancer: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 493-506

  Huang, Xiaoyan ^a   O'Connor, Margaret ^a   Lee, Susan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

children; meta synthesis; oncology; parental cancer; qualitative studies; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FATHER; FEAR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PARENT; PATIENT WORRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897984178     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3457     Document Type: Article

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