When a child cannot be cured - Reflections of health professionals

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-140

  De Graves, S ^a   Aranda, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Health professionals; Models of palliative care; Palliative care; Prognostication; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL WORK; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 18544382495     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2005.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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