The development of an instrument that can identify children with palliative care needs: The Paediatric Palliative Screening Scale (PaPaS Scale): A qualitative study approach

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bergstraesser, Eva ^a   Hain, Richard D ^b   Pereira, José L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children; Family; Needs; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRANCE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE SCREENING SCALE; PEDIATRICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84878220895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-12-20     Document Type: Article

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