The dying child: How is care different?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Hynson, Jenny L ^a   Gillis, Jonathon ^b   Collins, John J ^b   Irving, Helen ^c   Trethewie, Susan J ^d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETY;

EID: 0141595075     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05571.x     Document Type: Review

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