Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Deremo, Dorothy E
• Fahner, James B
• Sandoval, Claudio
• Gemke, Reinoud J.B.J
• Zwaan, Christian M
• Révész, Tom
• Goldman, Ann
• Wolfe, Joanne
• Grier, Holcombe E
• Weeks, Jane C
• Morgan, Elaine R
• Murphy, Sharon B

Titel

Symptoms and Suffering at the End of Life in Children with Cancer

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2000-06, Vol.342 (26), p.1997-1999

Ort / Verlag

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2000

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To the Editor: Wolfe et al. (Feb. 3 issue) 1 provide a compelling and long-overdue assessment of deficiencies in the care of terminally ill children. Though long on evidence, their report is short on practical suggestions for meaningful intervention and changes in standards of practice. Their study clearly confirms what many have suspected: that for far too many children, “end-of-life” care is in fact “brink-of-death” care, and in this context, the poor outcomes documented by Wolfe et al. should come as no surprise. It is disappointing that the authors did not take this opportunity to advocate more strongly for pediatric hospice . . .