End-of-life care at hospitals varies for children with cancer
Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 14:14
in Health & Medicine
Though treatment of pain and attention to end-of-life care for pediatric cancer patients has improved over the last few decades, there is still work to be done. Additionally, opioid prescriptions for pediatric cancer patients while hospitalized during the last week of life vary greatly among hospitals. These were the findings of a study and editorial published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer.
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