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Supportive Care in Cancer
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer 7/2007

01-07-2007 | Editorial

Childhood cancer—are there predictors of parental well-being?

Author: Eva Bergsträsser

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 7/2007

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Childhood cancer is one of the most threatening diagnoses families can be confronted with. As in adulthood, the diagnosis of cancer is directly associated with the idea of suffering and death. Cancer is a metaphor for death that might never be eradicated irrespective of rising survival curves, especially in childhood cancer. …
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Metadata
Title
Childhood cancer—are there predictors of parental well-being?
Author
Eva Bergsträsser
Publication date
01-07-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 7/2007
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-007-0257-4

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