Considerations about hastening death among parents of children who die of cancer

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-237

  Dussel, Veronica ^a,b   Joffe, Steven ^a,b   Hilden, Joanne M ^c   Watterson Schaeffer, Jan ^d   Weeks, Jane C ^a,e   Wolfe, Joanne ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Peyton Manning Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIGNETTE; ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PARENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BOSTON; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PARENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77950345753     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.295     Document Type: Article

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