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Ethical Issues for the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patient: Assent and End-of-Life Care

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  1. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Susan Shurin M.D.

  2. Department of Bioethics, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, NA1-05, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Eric Kodish Ph.D.

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  1. St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, Oregon, USA

    W. Archie Bleyer

  2. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Ronald D. Barr

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Shurin, S., Kodish, E. (2007). Ethical Issues for the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patient: Assent and End-of-Life Care. In: Bleyer, W.A., Barr, R.D. (eds) Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults. Pediatric Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68152-6_28

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