• Janet L Stewart, Kimberly A Pyke-Grimm, and Katherine Patterson Kelly.
• Department of Health Promotion and Development, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA. stewj@pitt.edu
• Semin Oncol Nurs. 2005 May 1;21(2):89-97; discussion 98-106.

ObjectiveTo review progress and future plans for a research program about parents' making treatment decisions for their children with cancer.Data SourcesTheoretical papers, review articles, and research reports.ConclusionThree important questions need to be addressed to achieve the goal of supporting parents in treatment decision making: 1) Whatfactors predict a parent's preferred role iln decision making? 2) What are the critical outcomes from parental decision making that nurses could help to improve? 3) Is it role choice, actual role assumed, or congruence between preferred and actual role in decision making that predicts decision outcomes for the parents?Implications For Nursing PracticeResearch-based responses to the remaining questions about parent treatment decision making will help nurses develop and test interventions designed to support parents in their decision making experiences.

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