Palliative care for children with cancer

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 100-107

  Waldman, Elisha ^a   Wolfe, Joanne ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; AWARENESS; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMFORT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84873405460     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.238     Document Type: Review

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