Shared medical decision-making: Considering what options to present based on an ethical analysis of the treatment of brain tumors in very young children

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-220

  Levine, Deena ^a,b   Cohen, Kenneth ^b   Wendler, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethics; Neuro oncology; Pediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PATERNALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PARENTS; PATERNALISM; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84862265289     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24189     Document Type: Review

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