Referral to a specialist paediatric palliative care service in oncology patients

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 677-680

  Fraser, Lorna K ^a   Miller, Michael ^b   McKinney, Patricia A ^a   Parslow, Roger C ^a   Feltbower, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Martin House Children's and Young Person's Hospice ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Child; Epidemiology; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEUKEMIA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL WORK; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PEDIATRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79551622281     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22667     Document Type: Article

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