Paediatric bone marrow transplants
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Paediatric bone marrow transplants

Eleanor Garland Ward Sister, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Bristol Royal Hospital For Sick Children

For many patients, bone marrow transplantation offers the only realistic opportunity for survival from malignant haematological disease. The procedure, however, is not without risks. By using a care study approach, Eleanor Garland illustrates the problems such patients and their relatives face, and highlights the particular nursing skills which can help recipients fight through to successful outcomes.

Nursing Standard. 5, 46, 30-32. doi: 10.7748/ns.5.46.30.s38

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