Addressing end of life care issues in a tertiary treatment centre: Lessons learned from surveying parents' experiences

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-66

  Midson, Rosie ^a   Carter, Bernie ^b,c  

^a Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; End of life care; Paediatric; Parents' experiences; Survey; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CONSUMER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PARENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; PARENTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77950355048     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493509347060     Document Type: Article

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