When Grief Turns Into Love: Understanding the Experience of Parents Who Have Revived After Losing a Child Due to Cancer

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 166-176

  Vega, Paula ^a   Rivera, Maria Soledad ^a   González, Rina ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

grief; parents; pediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; GRIEF; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; GRIEF; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84898678330     PISSN: 10434542     EISSN: 15328457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043454213515547     Document Type: Article

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