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This study examines the impact of the stress experienced by mothers during a child's cancer treatment. A descriptive correlation study has been designed to examine the relationships between uncertainty, sense of mastery, boundary ambiguity, and anxiety. The sample consists of 100 mothers recruited in two teaching hospitals in Taiwan. The sense of mastery was found to act as a mediator between uncertainty...