Pediatric Supportive Care Program: Parents Perspective of Medical Decisions and Palliative Decisions for Children with Cancer
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Care goals and decisions for children referred to a pediatric palliative care program.
OBJECTIVE To describe goals of care for children with complex, life-limiting conditions and to assess the variables that may influence these goals. METHODS Goals of care were elicited from the parents and children with complex, life-limiting conditions during initial palliative care consultation. Data abstracted included: diagnoses, demographics, time from diagnosis until initial palliative c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.11.105