Visiting children with cancer: the parental experience of the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1995-2005.
This chapter examines the unique role of parental visitors of children with cancer at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1995 to 2005. Using oral interviews with parents, medical and psychosocial staff, the study explores the experiences of parents while in hospital with their children and the social, emotional, financial and family issues they confronted during these admissions. Parents in their stories identified the various roles they assumed as their children experienced illness, treatment, side effects and psychosocial issues. The study also questions the relative importance of family dynamics, race, and socio-economic status as these related to parents' roles and perceptions.
Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
Robin L
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Rohrer
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012923:Social Class; D012938:Social Perception; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014789:Visitors to Patients / Q000523:psychology*