Children's Cancer Camps: A Sense of Community, a Sense of Family

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-203

  Laing, Catherine M ^a   Moules, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; children's cancer camps; families; hermeneutic inquiry; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMPING; CANADA; CHILD; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMPING; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

EID: 84899638396     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840714520717     Document Type: Article

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