Was there a plan? End-of-life care for children with life-limiting conditions: A review of multi-service healthcare records

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 176-183

  Beringer, A J ^a   Heckford, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance planning; Child and family wishes; Documentation; End of life; Review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCE PLANNING; CHILD; CHILD AND FAMILY WISHES; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; END OF LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; TIME;

ADVANCE PLANNING; CHILD AND FAMILY WISHES; DOCUMENTATION; END OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893927542     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12020     Document Type: Article

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