Palliative care for children

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 324-325

  Simkiss, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CANCER PAIN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELIGION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0348013147     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.6.324     Document Type: Editorial

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