"Do not resuscitate" orders among children with solid tumors at the end of life

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 661-668

  Postovsky, Sergey ^a   Levenzon, Anna ^a   Ofir, Ruth ^a   Arush, Myriam Weyl Ben ^a  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Child; Death; Do not resuscitate; Solid tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; TIME OF DEATH;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASMS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 5044230559     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010490501088     Document Type: Article

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