Best practices for pediatric palliative cancer care: A primer for clinical providers

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 114-125

  Levine, Deena ^a   Lam, Catherine G ^a   Cunningham, Melody J ^b   Remke, Stacy ^c   Chrastek, Jody ^c   Klick, Jeffrey ^d   Macauley, Robert ^e   Baker, Justin N ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHARED DECISION MAKING; TERMINAL CARE; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84893169511     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: 1879596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12788/j.suponc.0012     Document Type: Article

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