Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez +14 more
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Post-war Liberia: healthcare in the balance [PDF]
Forced Migration Review, 2007 In the aftermath of conflict, people’s health and their ability to survive remain fragile, while basic infrastructure may be weak, damaged or non-existent. Serious gaps emerge at the crucial juncture between emergency relief and development aid, with few
Katharine Derderian +2 more
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Chinese Aid to the South Asian Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Norm or for Political Gains? [PDF]
Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal, 2021 After the COVID-19 spread in early 2020, China became a “benevolent” donor and accelerated its public diplomacy in South Asia. The Chinese donated medicines, ventilators and provided other forms of assistance.
Amit Ranjan
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An economic analysis of aid fungibility : Japan's official development assistance to Indonesia : a research thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Applied Economics at Massey University [PDF]
, 1996 This study examines aid fungibility of Japan's official development assistance (ODA) to Indonesia for the period 1973 to 1994. Aid fungibility, often known as switching of aid money into non-development purposes, is one of the most controversial issues ...
Mitsuhashi, Keiju
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra +3 more
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TRANSFORMATION OF THE AMERICAN MODEL OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Вестник Российского экономического университета имени Г. В. Плеханова, 2017 The article analyzes the key directions of transforming the American model of social security in the light of demographic and social challenges; it shows basic problem areas in social and labour field, trends in state policy in the sphere of labour ...
Lyudmila F. Lebedeva
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Rapid Response to Trametinib Combined With Chemotherapy for Infant BRAF‐Fused Chiasmatic Glioma
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Infants, less than 1 year, with chiasmatic gliomas (ICG) present a major therapeutic challenge due to large tumor size, decreased vision, rapid progression, and poor response to vincristine/carboplatin chemotherapy. The majority have a BRAF fusion, which may respond to downstream MEK inhibitors but response time is slow. There are no safety or
Helen Toledano +7 more
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Chinese Aid: Powering Africa and Mitigating Electricity-related Demonstrations [PDF]
Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International JournalChinese aid to Africa has dipped. At the same time, there has been a surge in anti-government protests and riots as witnessed in Kenya 2024, sparking curiosity about possible effects of foreign aid (or scarcity thereof) on public demonstrations ...
Afa’anwi Ma’abo Che
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The human in humanitarian aid: visual framing of distant outgroups in humanitarian appeals [PDF]
, 2022 Ryna Hui Ting Yeoh
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Aid Scepticism and Effective Altruism [PDF]
, 2019 In the article, ‘Being Good in a World of Need: Some Empirical Worries and an Uncomfortable Philosophical Possibility,’ Larry Temkin presents some concerns about the possible impact of international aid on the poorest people in the world, suggesting that
MacAskill, William
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