A sustainable model for pediatric oncology nursing education in low-income countries

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-166

  Day, Sara W ^a,b   Garcia, Jose ^c   Antillon, Federico ^c   Wilimas, Judith A ^a   McKeon, Leslie M ^d   Carty, Rita M ^b   de Alarcon, Pedro ^e   Pui, Ching Hon ^a   Ribeiro, Raul C ^a   Howard, Scott C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Unidad Nacional de Oncologia Pediatrica   (Guatemala)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Outcomes research; Pediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COST; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MODEL; NURSING EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 83455228776     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24007     Document Type: Article

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