Physical symptoms of children receiving pediatric hospice care at home during the last week of life

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Hendricks Ferguson, Verna ^a  

^a Barnes Jewish College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CONSUMER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 57849152128     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/08.ONF.E108-E115     Document Type: Article

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