Background: Making major treatment decisions with life-altering consequences is a
significant challenge faced by parents of children with cancer. The unique experience of …

This study examined the factors that parents identified as influencing their role in treatment
decision making (TDM) for their child with cancer. Content analysis of qualitative data from …

Parents of pediatric oncology patients are faced with difficult decisions when their child
reaches the end of life. For health care providers to provide optimal care, they must …

Purpose To examine US and United Kingdom (UK) parents' approaches to care and
treatment when standard therapy has failed and consider implications for clinical practice …

The ultimate aim of our research program is to provide strategies that facilitate parental
decision-making for parents of children with cancer receiving end-of-life care. As a first step …

OBJECTIVE: To review progress and future plans for a research program about parents'
making treatment decisions for their children with cancer. DATA SOURCES: Theoretical …

Purpose When a child's cancer progresses beyond current treatment capability, the parents
are likely to participate in noncurative treatment decision making. One factor that helps …

Purpose Few studies have addressed the way in which families of children with cancer
make treatment decisions, and how we can meet parents' and young peoples' decisional …

This review focuses on parental decision making regarding the care and treatment of
children with cancer. Articles were abstracted from the following sources: Ovid Databases …

Childhood cancer requires families to deal with many stressors, including decision making
in terms of their child's treatment. Adding to the stress of families is that most children …