Parent’s Perceived Provision of Information Regarding Diagnosis to Children with Brain Tumors

Cognitive dysfunction in children with brain tumors at diagnosis

BACKGROUND Survivors of brain tumors have a high risk for a wide range of cognitive problems. These dysfunctions are caused by the lesion itself and its surgical removal, as well as subsequent treatments (chemo- and/or radiation therapy). Multiple recent studies have indicated that children with brain tumors (BT) might already exhibit cognitive problems at diagnosis, i.e., before the start of a...

​Children\'s Abdominal Tumors: Symptomes -Diagnosis -Treatment

Malignancy is one of the most frequent cause of death in children -in U.S. it is the second common cause (second to Tranma). Between childhood malignancy leukemia is by far the mO'st frequent one and C.N.S. tumors take the second place -abdominal tumor re­main the third common cause of children's malignancy -Retroperitoneal space with organs like, kidney, adrenal gland, sympatheti nervous syste...

Communication difficulties perceived by parents of children with developmental disorders.

INTRODUCTION The child's inclusion in his/her social-cultural context is very important to his/her adaptation and well-being. The family has a major role as a facilitator of this process. Therefore the difficulties of these families in communicating with children with communication disorders are an important issue to be assessed in order to support orientations to families. PURPOSE The presen...

Parents' rights vs. minors' rights regarding the provision of contraceptives to teenagers.

Care provision expectations of remote adult children of ageing parents

The expectations of adult children about their elderly parents regarding their care provision was surveyed. We found that the needs and expectations regarding their elderly parents included better information on entitlements of their parents, how to access relevant aged care services, the challenges of remotely dealing with dementia and depression of their parents, accessing medical and non-med...