Symptoms and suffering at the end of life in children with cancer: An Australian perspective

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-75

  Heath, John A ^a   Clarke, Naomi E ^a   Donath, Susan M ^b   McCarthy, Maria ^a   Anderson, Vicki A ^a   Wolfe, Joanne ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER THERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOME; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHILD; INFANT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77949910100     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03420.x     Document Type: Article

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