2007
Hope and Prognostic Disclosure
Mack JW, Wolfe J, Cook EF, Grier HE, Cleary PD, Weeks JC. Hope and Prognostic Disclosure. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2007, 25: 5636-5642. PMID: 18065734, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.12.6110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrognostic disclosurePrognostic informationPhysician communicationDana-Farber Cancer InstituteDisclosure of prognosisHalf of parentsChildren's HospitalParents of childrenChild's physicianMultivariable modelMAIN OUTCOMEParental recallCancer InstituteChild's oncologistChildren's CancerPatients' hopePhysiciansCancerEmotional distressPrognosisOncologistsHospitalChildren's likelihoodFirst yearCureHope and prognostic disclosure
Mack J, Cook E, Wolfe J, Grier H, Cleary P, Weeks J. Hope and prognostic disclosure. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2007, 25: 6510-6510. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.6510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrognostic informationPrognostic disclosureParents of childrenPhysician communicationDana-Farber Cancer InstituteDisclosure of prognosisAdditional prognostic informationChildren's likelihoodChildren's HospitalChild's physicianMultivariable modelCancer InstituteChild's prognosisParent recallPrognosisPhysiciansCancer treatmentSignificant financial relationshipParental reportsFive-item indexHospitalCancerFirst yearCureChildren
2006
Understanding of prognosis among parents of children with cancer: Parental optimism and the role of the parent-physician interaction
Mack J, Cook E, Wolfe J, Grier H, Cleary P, Weeks J. Understanding of prognosis among parents of children with cancer: Parental optimism and the role of the parent-physician interaction. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2006, 24: 6033-6033. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2006.24.18_suppl.6033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParents of childrenChild's physicianPhysicians' perceptionsDana-Farber Cancer InstituteMain outcome measuresUnderstanding of prognosisCross-sectional surveyChildren's HospitalMajority of parentsPhysician ratingsOutcome measuresCancer InstituteChild's prognosisPrognosisCancerPhysiciansPrognostic estimatesSignificant financial relationshipParents' confidenceCureMost parentsHospitalChildren's likelihoodChildrenChildren's chances