Commentary: SES, ethnicity and goodness-of-fit in clinician-parent communication during pediatric cancer trials

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-234

  Fisher, Celia B ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMMUNICATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 16244362072     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsi033     Document Type: Note

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