Communication About Prognosis Between Parents and Physicians of Children With Cancer: Parent Preferences and the Impact of Prognostic Information
Mack JW, Wolfe J, Grier HE, Cleary PD, Weeks JC. Communication About Prognosis Between Parents and Physicians of Children With Cancer: Parent Preferences and the Impact of Prognostic Information. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2006, 24: 5265-5270. PMID: 17114660, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2006.06.5326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrognostic informationDana-Farber Cancer InstitutePhysicians of childrenMain outcome measuresParents' preferencesChildren's HospitalMajority of parentsParents of childrenChild's physicianOutcome measuresCancer InstitutePrognosisPhysiciansLoss of hopeCancerChildrenHospitalParents' senseParent ratingsParents' desireParentsPatients