Guidelines for assistance to terminally III children with cancer: A report of the SIOP Working Committee on psychosocial issues in pediatric oncology

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-48

  Masera, Giuseppe ^a   Spinetta, John J ^b   Jankovic, Momcilo ^a   Ablin, Arthur R ^c   D'Angio, Giulio J ^d   Van Dongen Melman, Jeanette ^e   Eden, Tim ^f   Martins, Antonio Gentil ^g   Mulhern, Ray K ^h   Oppenheim, Daniel ⁱ   Topf, Reinhard ^j   Chesler, Mark A ^k  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

^h ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^j ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Death and dying; Palliative care; Psychosocial issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITION; CONFLICT; DEATH; GRIEF; GROUP THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOURNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0032962043     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199901)32:1<44::AID-MPO9>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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