TY - BOOK AU - Bishop, Alyson Jane TI - Letting go for life : what influences parents' decisions to make the transition from active treatment to palliative care for a child with cancer? PY - 1997/// CY - Thesis (MSc)-University of London KW - Dissertations KW - Decision Making KW - Palliative Care KW - Children KW - Parents N1 - Introduction ; Literature review ; Methodology & methodological assumptions ; Methods & data collection ; Findings ; Discussion N2 - The literature review reveals several themes in relation to the question : the palliative-curative interface & terminal care for children : quality of life issues & perspectives on suffering : ethical considerations : and problems of decision-making in professional practice. Other methods of data collection are also used to investigate dimensions of the case : analysis of press reports & a television programme about the Child B case using a critical linguistics framework : interviews with 2 Consultant Paediatric Oncologists : and an attitude survey of Children's Nurses ER -