Parents' thoughts and perceptions on hearing that their child has incurable cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-346

  Matsuoka, Mari ^a   Narama, Miho ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MALE; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS;

EID: 84858134001     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0410     Document Type: Article

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