Not just little adults: Palliative care physician attitudes toward pediatric patients

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 675-679

  Rapoport, Adam ^a,b,c   Obwanga, Christopher ^b   Sirianni, Giovanna ^c,d   Librach, S Lawrence ^c   Husain, Amna ^b,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMFORT; CONVERSATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SKILL; TEACHER; WORKSHOP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84878542134     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0393     Document Type: Article

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