A paediatric palliative care programme in development: Trends in referral and location of death

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 686-689

  Vadeboncoeur, Christina M ^a,b   Splinter, W M ^a,b   Rattray, M ^a   Johnston, D L ^a   Coulombe, L ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MORTALITY; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77955758418     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.153494     Document Type: Article

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