Protocol Number: 07-C-0085
-Few resources exist for helping adolescents and young adults with cancer or HIV disease understand their changing physical, emotional and social needs when treatment is no longer effective. -An advance directive document called Five Wishes has had particular success with the adult population because of the consideration of personal, emotional and spiritual needs in addition to medical and legal concerns. Objectives: -To learn which questions in Five Wishes are useful for adolescents and young adults and to then create a new document that reflects the issues they feel are most appropriate for people with cancer or HIV disease. Eligibility: -Adolescents and young adults 16 to 30 years of age with advanced cancer or HIV disease acquired perinatally or early in life and enrolled in an active NIH treatment protocol. Design: -Stage 1: Participants go through each question in Five Wishes and respond to whether they feel the questions are useful. -Stage 2: Participants are asked to compare each question from Five Wishes to a newly developed document based on the feedback received during first stage of the study. -Participants are enrolled for either Stage 1 or Stage 2 depending on the date they enter the study.
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Bethesda, Maryland 20892. Last update: 01/30/2009
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