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Pediatr Clin North Am
; 54(5): 609-29, ix-x, 2007 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17933614
RESUMO
Quality end-of-life care includes the management of distressing symptoms; provisions of care, including the assessment and management of psychosocial and spiritual needs; and respite from diagnosis through death and bereavement. Meeting the palliative care goal of improved quality of life depends on medical and nursing practitioners understatnding and effectively assessing psychosocial symptoms.