Presenting symptoms and signs in children referred for palliative care in Malawi

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-339

  Lavy, Vicky ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Cancer; Children; HIV AIDS; Palliative care; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOUTH PAIN; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; THRUSH; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALAWI; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; TERMINALLY ILL; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 34447624165     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307077689     Document Type: Article

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