Communicating with the dying child: An invitation to listening - A report of the SIOP Working Committee on Psychosocial Issues in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1087-1088

  Jankovic, Momcilo ^a   Spinetta, John J ^b   Masera, Giuseppe ^a,i   Barr, Ronald D ^c   D'Angio, Giulio J ^d   Epelman, Claudia ^e   Evans, Audrey ^f   Kosmidis, Helen Vasilatou ^g   Eden, Tim ^h  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL SANTA MARCELINA   (Brazil)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^g Children's Hospital of Athens Agia Sofia   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYING; EMOTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 41849128209     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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