Homebound schooling is the least favorable option for continued education of adolescent cancer patients: A preliminary report

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 380-384

  Searle, Nancy S ^a   Askins, Martha ^b   Bleyer, W Archie ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adolescents with cancer; Homebound school; Hospital school; Student computer use

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CHILD; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 0037410604     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10270     Document Type: Article

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