Childhood cancer in El Salvador: A preliminary exploration of parental concerns in the abandonment of treatment

Purpose: In El Salvador, children under 12 diagnosed with cancer have access to free treatment at a specialized national facility. Until recently, 13 percent of patients annually abandoned therapy-a serious loss of lives and scarce resources. This qualitative study explores how some parents perceive...

• Egile nagusia: Blume, S (author)
• Formatua: article
• Argitaratua: 2015
• Gaiak: Abandonment Of Treatment; Childhood Cancer; Low-Income Countries; Parents Perspectives; Qualitative Research
• Sarrera elektronikoa: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84939776023&doi=10.1016%2fj.ejon.2015.01.005&partnerID=40&md5=ce34ce4b2292f0d9131124130aefc935; http://dspace.ucuenca.edu.ec/handle/123456789/29260