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- Title
Communication about prognosis between parents and physicians of children with cancer: parent preferences and the impact of prognostic information.
- Authors
Mack, Jennifer W; Wolfe, Joanne; Grier, Holcombe E; Cleary, Paul D; Weeks, Jane C
- Abstract
Concerns about the harms of prognostic information, including distress and loss of hope, cause some physicians to avoid frank disclosure. We aimed to determine parent preferences for prognostic information about their children with cancer and the results of receiving such information.
- Publication
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2006, Vol 24, Issue 33, p5265
- ISSN
1527-7755
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1200/JCO.2006.06.5326