Determinants of parental decisions on 'drop out' from cancer treatment for childhood cancer patients

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 193-199

  Yeh, Chao Hsing ^a   Lin, Chiou Fen ^a   Tsai, Jia Ling ^a   Lai, Yu Mei ^a   Ku, Hsueh Chen ^a  

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Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Drop out; Nursing care; Paediatric; Parental decision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PARENT; PATIENT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033161101     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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