Letter to the editor: Regarding guidelines for assistance to terminally ill children with cancer: Report of the SIOP working committee on psychosocial issues in pediatric oncology [1]

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 271-272

  Nitschke, Ruprecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD CANCER; FAMILY COUNSELING; HUMAN; LETTER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0034028799     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200004)34:4<271::AID-MPO10>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Letter

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