This paper presents the evidence for a standard of care for psychosocial assessment in
pediatric cancer. An interdisciplinary group of investigators utilized EBSCO, PubMed …

Background: Policy guidance and bioethical literature urge the involvement of adolescents
in decisions about their healthcare. It is uncertain how roles and expectations of …

Stepfamilies are common in the United States. An estimated 40–50% of marriages are a
remarriage for one or both partners (Cherlin, 2010), and although not all of these …

When divorced parents remarry or cohabit with new partners, it is challenging to maintain
functional postdivorce coparenting systems. In this grounded theory study of 19 divorced …

Divorced individuals who share parenting responsibilities have to figure out ways to work
together to raise their children. The purpose of this qualitative study of 49 divorced coparents …

Well siblings of chronically ill children experience family disruptions that profoundly affect
them. Previous research focusing on well siblings' experiences has often produced …

300 Journal of Family Nursing 28 (4) in Middle Eastern, Muslim majority nations (ie,
Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, and Iran), whereas the lowest concentrations of “Couple with …

Parents frequently attempt to shield their children from distressing prognostic information.
Pediatric oncology providers sometimes follow parental request for non-disclosure of …

Objetivos: conocer cómo perciben los padres los cambios producidos en las relaciones
familiares debidos a un cáncer pediátrico. Método: Se ha utilizado una metodología de …

Purpose The diagnosis of children and adolescents with a chronic disease may affect the
entire family system. When families have diverse structures, additional tensions can be …