Journal article
Health Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in a Pediatric Palliative Care Program
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Children with life-threatening illnesses have unique physical and psychosocial needs that pediatric palliative care programs can address. Integrated programs strive to address these needs from the point of diagnosis through death, if needed, at the same time that curative care is provided. To better understand the variation in these needs, we assessed the health status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children enrolled …
Authors
Knapp C; Madden V; Revicki D; Feeny D; Wang H; Curtis C; Sloyer P
Journal
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 15, No. 7, pp. 790–797
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
July 2012
DOI
10.1089/jpm.2011.0504
ISSN
1096-6218