Pediatric Palliative Care Patients: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study

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Chris Feudtner · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Tammy I. Kang · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Kari R. Hexem · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf · Children's Minnesota

Kaci Osenga · Children's Minnesota

Harold Siden · Child and Family Research Institute

Sarah Friebert

Abstract

PPC teams currently serve a diverse cohort of children and young adults with life-threatening conditions. In contrast to the reported experience of adult-oriented palliative care teams, most PPC patients are alive for more than a year after initiating PPC.

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Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

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Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 127, Issue 6, pp. 1094-1101

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3225

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Pediatric Palliative Care Patients: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study

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