The problem of treatment abandonment in children from developing countries with cancer

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 941-946

  Arora, Ramandeep Singh ^a,d   Eden, Tim ^b   Pizer, Barry ^c  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Childhood cancer; Developing countries; Pediatric oncology; Twinning

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION; RETINOBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERATOMA; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

CHILD; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; PROGNOSIS; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 35648973119     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21127     Document Type: Article

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