Factors associated with perceived barriers to pediatric palliative care: A survey of pediatricians in Florida and California

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 268-274

  Knapp, Caprice ^a   Thompson, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; medicine; palliative; pediatrics; primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRICIAN; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858656290     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311409085     Document Type: Article

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