The 2002 Schering Lecture: Children’s cancer symptom experiences: Keeping the spirit alive in children and their families

Roberta Lynn Woodgate

Abstract


Dr. Woodgate’s 2001 dissertation study provided the grounding for this lectureship and paper. In completing her PhD program and dissertation study, Dr. Woodgate was supported by fellowships from the National Health and Research Development Program Doctoral Student (NHRDP: Canada), the Pat Scorer Fellowship (Winnipeg Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc.), the Maurice Legault Clinical Cancer Nursing Fellowship (Canada), and the Toronto Sick Children’s Hospital Fellowship: Canadian Nurses Doctoral Student Study Award.


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