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Semin Oncol Nurs
; 18(1): 50-9, 2002 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11878040
RESUMO
OBJECTIVES: To provide practice guidelines to assist patients and parents in coping with a return of disease. DATA SOURCES: Delphi studies, review, and research articles. CONCLUSIONS: When a child's cancer recurs, the patient and parents are at risk of physical and psychologic difficulties. Guidelines to assist patients and parents to cope have shown positive response. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Practice guidelines to assist patients and parents cope with a return of cancer can help health care professionals develop interventions for particular families.