Palliative care in Yorkshire, UK 1987-2008: Survival and mortality in a hospice

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-93

  Taylor, Lorna K ^a   Miller, M ^b   Joffe, T ^a   Parslow, R C ^a   Aldridge, J ^b   Bailey, C C ^b   McKinney, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Martin House Children's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPICE CARE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY AREAS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149166631     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.158774     Document Type: Article

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