Palliative care is critical to the changing face of child mortality and morbidity in the United States

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1030-1031

  Bogetz, Jori F ^a   Schroeder, Alan R ^b   Bergman, David A ^a   Cohen, Harvey J ^a   Sourkes, Barbara ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY STRESS; FEEDING APPARATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED STATES; CHRONIC DISEASE; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923203521     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922814534767     Document Type: Note

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