End-of-life experiences in adolescents dying with cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 827-835

  Bell, Cynthia J ^a   Skiles, Jodi ^a   Pradhan, Kamnesh ^a   Champion, Victoria L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cancer; EOL

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOID; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953614780     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0716-1     Document Type: Article

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