Impact of childhood cancer on Korean families.
A health care system that includes institutions such as the home, clinic, or hospital as well as interpersonal relationships between providers and receivers of health care is a part of any culture. Clinical issues are a part of all cultures, and cross-cultural comparisons are useful in understanding health care. With immigration and travel, a better understanding of the situation of families who have a child with cancer in various countries, different health care systems, and different cultures is needed. Understanding the situation for families with a child who has cancer in South Korea will lead one to a better understanding of a Korean family who has immigrated to the west and has a child develop cancer or is in need of treatment.
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Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California at San Francisco 94143.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors