Pediatric Palliative Care for Children with Progressive Non-Malignant Diseases

A substantial number of children cared for by pediatric palliative care physicians have progressive non-malignant conditions. Some elements of their care overlap with care for children with cancer while other elements, especially prognosis and trajectory, have nuanced differences. This article revie...

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Autor principal: Siden, Harold
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5835997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29461497
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children5020028
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description A substantial number of children cared for by pediatric palliative care physicians have progressive non-malignant conditions. Some elements of their care overlap with care for children with cancer while other elements, especially prognosis and trajectory, have nuanced differences. This article reviews the population, physical-emotional and social concerns, and trajectory.
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spelling pubmed-58359972018-03-07 Pediatric Palliative Care for Children with Progressive Non-Malignant Diseases Siden, Harold Children (Basel) Review A substantial number of children cared for by pediatric palliative care physicians have progressive non-malignant conditions. Some elements of their care overlap with care for children with cancer while other elements, especially prognosis and trajectory, have nuanced differences. This article reviews the population, physical-emotional and social concerns, and trajectory. MDPI 2018-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5835997/ /pubmed/29461497 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children5020028 Text en © 2018 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5835997/
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