Pediatric patients receiving palliative care in Canada: Results of a multicenter review

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 597-602

  Widger, Kimberley ^a,b   Davies, Dawn ^c   Drouin, Danielle J ^d   Beaune, Laura ^e   Daoust, Lysanne ^f   Farran, R Peter ^g,h   Humbert, Nago ^f,i   Nalewajek, Filomena ^j   Rattray, Marion ^k   Rugg, Maria ^b,e   Bishop, Michelle ^l  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^g ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^j Canuck Place Children's Hospice ^*  (Canada)

^k CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^l PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRICS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ABNORMALITIES; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249930319     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.6.597     Document Type: Article

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