Parental Decision Making for Children With Cancer at the End of Life: A Meta-Ethnography

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 337-345

  Heinze, Katherine E ^a   Nolan, Marie T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; neoplasm; palliative care; parenting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS;

EID: 84867689742     PISSN: 10434542     EISSN: 15328457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043454212456905     Document Type: Article

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