Analysis of the circumstances at the end of life in children with cancer: Symptoms, suffering and acceptance

Pediatrics International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-64

  Hongo, Teruaki ^a   Watanabe, Chieko ^a   Okada, Shuichi ^a   Inoue, Noriko ^a   Yajima, Shuhei ^a   Fujii, Yuji ^a   Ohzeki, Takehiko ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Death; Dying; Palliative terminal care; Psychological support; Symptoms and suffering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLID TUMOR; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0037321162     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2003.01668.x     Document Type: Article

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