Medical decisions in the selection of therapy for the child with cancer
β Scribed by Jan Van Eys
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 665 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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Because adolescents are codified as incompetents, their health care decision-making authority often is encroached upon. When a teenager develops a serious disease such as cancer, others are even more likely to appropriate decision-making authority than under normal circumstances. Adolescents can con
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