Perinatal and pediatric issues in palliative and end-of-life care from the 2011 Summit on the Science of Compassion

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 343-350

  Youngblut, Jonne M ^a   Brooten, Dorothy ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PERINATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

CHILD; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DEATH; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PERINATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84869066626     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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