Towards reducing inequalities: European Standards of Care for Children with Cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 481-485

  Kowalczyk, Jerzy R ^a   Samardakiewicz, Marzena ^a   Fitzgerald, Edel ^b   Essiaf, Samira ^b   Ladenstein, Ruth ^c   Vassal, Gilles ^d   Kienesberger, Anita ^e   Pritchard Jones, Kathy ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b SIOP Europe Office SIOPE   (Belgium)

^c Division of Oncology   (Austria)

^d Gustave Roussy Cancer Institute   (France)

^e ICCCPO International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations ^*  (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children with cancer; Standards of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHILDREN WITH CANCER; STANDARDS OF CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84893677151     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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