Curing Children, Caring for Families. The Path to Personalized Care in Childhood Cancer Treatment in El Salvador.

Research output: PhD ThesisPhD-Thesis – Research and graduation external

Abstract

Nuria Rossell Curcó follows the trajectory of the childhood cancer programme of El Salvador in its quest to eliminate abandonment of treatment. Abandonment of treatment is the term used in pediatric oncology to refer to those cases in which parents do not start their child’s cancer treatment or do not continue after starting. It costs children’s lives and is an obstacle to the improvement of cure rates of cancer programmes in developing countries. She hereby shows how over the course of its trajectory, the Salvadoran programme succeeded in reducing abandonment of treatment, improved the quality of care and boosted the hospital team’s professional experience.
Original languageEnglish
QualificationPhD
Awarding Institution
  • Universiteit van Amsterdam
Supervisors/Advisors
  • Reis, Ria, Supervisor, -
  • Visser, Leontine, Supervisor, -
Award date24 Oct 2018
Publication statusPublished - 24 Oct 2018
Externally publishedYes

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