title: Moving children with cancer from hospital to home.
abstract: The Southern Alberta Children's Cancer Program, located within the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, is the referral program for all children with malignancies living in Southern Alberta. The program enrolls approximately 50 new cases each year, the most common diagnosis being acute lymphocytic leukemia. The program has an inpatient unit of 11 beds, a busy outpatient clinic and is the provincial referral centre for all pediatric bone marrow transplants.
authors.affiliation: Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Burke
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D002648:Child; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration