Journal article
Palliative Care and Pediatric Surgery
The Surgical clinics of North America, Vol.91(2), pp.419-428
2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2011.01.004
PMID: 21419261
Abstract
Pediatric surgeons can play an important role in offering procedures that may improve the quality of life for terminally ill children. As with all palliative interventions, surgical therapies should be evaluated in the context of explicitly defined treatment goals while weighing the risks and benefits of procedures in the context of a shortened life span. It is essential that pediatric surgeons become active members in the multidisciplinary team that provides palliative care.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Palliative Care and Pediatric Surgery
- Creators
- Julia Shelton - Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Avenue South, D-4314 MCN 2730, Nashville, TN 37232-2730, USAGretchen Purcell Jackson - Department of Pediatric Surgery, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, 2200 Children’s Way, 7100 Doctors’ Office Tower, Nashville, TN 37232-9780, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Surgical clinics of North America, Vol.91(2), pp.419-428
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.suc.2011.01.004
- PMID
- 21419261
- ISSN
- 0039-6109
- eISSN
- 1558-3171
- Grant note
- HS013833 / Healthcare Research and Quality
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2011
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984051598802771
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