How to practically assist a child dying of leukemia: A "winning approach"!

Paediatria Croatica, Supplement

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-28

  Janković, Momčilo ^a   Rizzari, Carmelo ^a   Colombini, Antonella ^a   Reciputo, Agrippino ^a   Milani, Marina ^a   Gavazzi, Lidia ^a   Biagi, Ettore ^a   Masera, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Pain; Palliative care; Terminal phase

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AUTOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 42149121594     PISSN: 1330724X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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