Supporting Siblings as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages S678-S732

  Gerhardt, Cynthia A ^a   Lehmann, Vicky ^a   Long, Kristin A ^b   Alderfer, Melissa A ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Cancer; Intervention; Pediatric; Sibling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SIBLING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGY; SIBLINGS; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 84952665468     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25821     Document Type: Article

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