Partnerships between pediatric palliative care and psychiatry

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 423-437

  Knapp, Caprice ^a   Madden, Vanessa ^a   Button, Daniel ^a   Brown, Rebecca ^b   Hastie, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Partners in Care: Together for Kids; Pediatric palliative care; Pediatric psychiatry; Streetlight program

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; SIBLING RELATIONS;

EID: 77952796907     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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