Ethical issues at the interface of clinical care and research practice in pediatric oncology: A narrative review of parents' and physicians' experiences

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  De Vries, Martine C ^a   Houtlosser, Mirjam ^a   Wit, Jan M ^a   Engberts, Dirk P ^a   Bresters, Dorine ^a   Kaspers, Gertjan Jl ^b   Van Leeuwen, Evert ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EQUIPOISE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ONCOLOGY; PARENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NARRATION; PARENTAL CONSENT; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; THERAPEUTIC EQUIPOISE; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION;

EID: 80053366239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-12-18     Document Type: Review

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