Pediatric palliative care: Beyond the end of life

Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Crozier, Faith ^a   Hancock, Lauren E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Camp for Children with Chronic and Life Threatening Illnesses ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84866280092     PISSN: 00979805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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