Pediatric oncologists' attitudes towards involving adolescents in decision-making concerning research participation

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-128

  De Vries, Martine C ^a   Wit, Jan M ^b   Engberts, Dirk P ^b   Kaspers, Gertjan J L ^a   Van Leeuwen, Evert ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Best interests; Clinical trials; Ethical and legal obligations; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH;

EID: 77953253830     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22510     Document Type: Article

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