The need for paediatric palliative care in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1163, 2002, Pages

  Jones, Rhys ^a,b   Trenholme, Adrian ^a   Horsburgh, Margaret ^b   Riding, Aimee ^b  

^a Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BIRTH DEFECT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL DISEASE; ABORIGINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT MORTALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PALLIATIVE CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0037064352     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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