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"Money was the problem": Caregivers' self-reported reasons for abandoning their children's cancer treatment in southwest Uganda.

Barnabas AtwiineImelda BusingyeRose KyarisiimaEmmanuel BalukuRuth MbabaziBrian BamwineSiyadora AnkundaJaime LibesHoward WeinsteinKevin SchwartzGertrude Kiwanuka
Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2021)
Seeking cancer treatment for children in Uganda is an expensive venture and treatment abandonment is mainly caused by caregivers' difficult socio-economic circumstances. This problem needs to be approached with empathy and support rather than blame.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • palliative care
  • mental health