A report on location of death in paediatric palliative care between home, hospice and hospital

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 831-834

  Siden, Harold ^a,e   Miller, M ^b   Straatman, L ^a   Omesi, L ^a   Tucker, T ^c   Collins, J J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Martin House Children's Hospice ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Hospices; Paediatrics; Palliative care; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 58149269394     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308096527     Document Type: Article

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