2011
Parents' Roles in Decision Making for Children With Cancer in the First Year of Cancer Treatment
Mack JW, Wolfe J, Cook EF, Grier HE, Cleary PD, Weeks JC. Parents' Roles in Decision Making for Children With Cancer in the First Year of Cancer Treatment. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2011, 29: 2085-2090. PMID: 21464400, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.32.0507.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParents' preferred roleParents of childrenChild's physicianPhysician communicationPreferred roleMost parentsDana-Farber Cancer InstituteCancer treatmentFirst yearCross-sectional surveyChildren's HospitalPhysician judgmentPhysicians' perceptionsCancer InstitutePhysiciansCancerChildrenHospitalTreatmentPassive roleYearsActual roleMore passive rolesParentsRole
2006
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