title: Journey to the other side.
abstract: This paper attempts to provide a snapshot of the feelings and experience of a mother's journey after her son is diagnosed with cancer. It is hoped that those who choose to read this paper may develop some understanding of the feelings experienced during this frightening journey, and that this understanding may influence the care you give now and in the future.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Health Care Practices, Southern Cross University.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barling
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D035441:Thoracic Wall