Journal article
Impact of caring for a child with cancer on single parents compared with parents from two‐parent families
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It is currently unknown how the intensive and often prolonged treatment of childhood cancer impacts on the lives of single parents. Our aims were to determine whether single parents differ from parents from two-parent families in terms of caregiver demand (the time and effort involved in caregiving), and health-related quality of life (HRQL).
PROCEDURES: Forty single parents and 275 parents from two-parent families were recruited …
Authors
Klassen AF; Dix D; Papsdorf M; Klaassen RJ; Yanofsky R; Sung L
Journal
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 74–79
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
1 2012
DOI
10.1002/pbc.22952
ISSN
1545-5009