Symptoms and suffering at the end of life in children with cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 326-333

  Wolfe, Joanne ^a,b   Grier, Holcombe E ^a,b   Klar, Neil ^a   Levin, Sarah B ^a   Ellenbogen, Jeffrey M ^a   Salem Schatz, Susanne ^b   Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^d   Weeks, Jane C ^a,c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

BOSTON; CANCER; CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (BOSTON); CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE; DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE (BOSTON); DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HOME CARE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SUFFERING; SURVEY; VENTILATORS;

ANOREXIA; BOSTON; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0034598818     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200002033420506     Document Type: Article

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