Palliative care: Moving forward

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-225

  Watterson, Gillian ^a   Hain, Richard D W ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Palliative care; Palliative medicine; Symptom control; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; DYING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SYMPTOM; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 0038555333     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5839(03)00002-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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