The psychosocial program for childhood leukemia in Monza, Italy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 824, Issue , 1997, Pages 210-220

  Masera, Giuseppe ^a,c   Jankovic, Momcilo ^a   Adamoli, Luigia ^a   Corbetta, Adele ^a   Fraschini, Donatella ^a   Lia, Romana ^a   Collino, Laura ^a   Locati, Anna ^a   Pertici, Silvia ^a   Bissi, Rosanna ^a   Bertolini, Mario ^a   Verga, Giovanni ^a   Spinetta, John J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9844250202     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb46224.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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