Caring for the child with cancer at the close of life :"There are people who make it, and I'm hoping I'm one of them"

JAMA

Volumn 292, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2141-2149

  Hurwitz, Craig A ^a,b,d   Duncan, Janet ^a,b   Wolfe, Joanne ^a,b,c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Maine Children's Cancer Program Portland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; NUTRITION; ONCOLOGY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 7244231050     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.17.2141     Document Type: Review

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