Attitudes of adolescent cancer survivors toward end-of-life decisions for minors

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Pousset, Geert ^a,b   Bilsen, Johan ^b   De Wilde, Joke ^c   Benoit, Yves ^a   Verlooy, Joris ^a   Bomans, An ^a   Deliens, Luc ^b,d   Mortier, Freddy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitude; Chronic illness; Decision making; Euthanasia; Mental competency; Patient participation; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JUVENILE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MINORS; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RIGHT TO DIE; SICK ROLE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SURVIVORS; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 71949124813     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0621     Document Type: Article

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