Decision-making by adolescents and parents of children with cancer regarding health research participation

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 959-965

  Read, Kate ^a   Fernandez, Conrad Vincent ^a,b   Gao, Jun ^a,c   Strahlendorf, Caron ^d   Moghrabi, Albert ^e   Pentz, Rebecca Davis ^f   Barfield, Raymond Carlton ^g   Baker, Justin Nathaniel ^h   Santor, Darcy ⁱ   Weijer, Charles ^j   Kodish, Eric ^a,k  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit   (Canada)

^d BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^k LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

AYA; Clinical trials; Oncology; Participation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349256335     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2878     Document Type: Article

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