Easing of suffering in children with cancer at the end of life: Is care changing?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1717-1723

  Wolfe, Joanne ^a   Hammel, Jim F ^a   Edwards, Kelly E ^a   Duncan, Janet ^a   Comeau, Michael ^a   Breyer, Joanna ^a   Aldridge, Sarah A ^a   Grier, Holcombe E ^a   Berde, Charles ^a   Dussel, Veronica ^a   Weeks, Jane C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RESUSCITATION;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 43249121675     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.0277     Document Type: Article

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