Psycho-educational Support for the Parents and Their Child with Childhood Cancer: Focusing on the Ethical Considerations of Informed Consent for Children

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  • 小児がんの両親とそのこどもへの心理教育的サポート -小児へのインフォームドコンセントの問題点を中心に-
  • ショウニ ガン ノ リョウシン ト ソノ コドモ エ ノ シンリ キョウイクテキ サポート ショウニ エ ノ インフォームドコンセント ノ モンダイテン オ チュウシン ニ

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Advances in treatments techniques have resulted in dramatic improvements in the survival rates of children with cancer. This success is a tribute to multimodal care utilizing surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy in the widespread use of clinical trial to study the efficacy of treatment regimen. Now, many children, when offered adequate diagnosis combined with state-of-the-art treatments, are cured. But cure is dependent on rigorous examination and intensive and long treatment. How the diagnosis of cancer is presented to parents and their child not only significantly influences initial responses to medical interventions but also sets the attitudes that affect collaboration compliance and trust over the course of the illness. This review was focused on ethical considerations of informed consent for children with cancer in the human subject research

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