## Abstract The objectives of the study were to describe quality of life (QoL), identify predictors of worse QoL and examine QoL during different phases of active therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). A multiinstitutional crossβsectional study was performed in children with ALL. We includ
Psychosocial issues during the acute treatment of pediatric cancer
β Scribed by Gerald P. Koocher
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 600 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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Newly diagnosed children with leukemia and their families were subjects of a longitudinal study to describe coping behaviors, to determine adequacy of coping, and to discover predictors of healthy coping with leukemia. Families were followed for six months during which time they were interviewed, c