Comparing two types of perspective taking as strategies for detecting distress amongst parents of children with cancer: A randomised trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Gouveia, Lucie ^a,b   Janvier, Annie ^a,b   Dupuis, France ^a,b   Duval, Michel ^a,b   Sultan, Serge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGIST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NURSING STUDENT; ONCOLOGIST; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; THINKING; VIDEORECORDING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017157066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175342     Document Type: Article

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