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Adults are just big children: What we can learn about quality end‐of‐life care from pediatrics
Author(s) -
Bogetz Jori F.,
Rosenberg Abby R.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.33548
Subject(s) - medicine , end of life care , quality (philosophy) , family medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , pediatrics , gerontology , nursing , palliative care , philosophy , epistemology
Because caring for children involves caring for families, pediatricians necessarily integrate individual patient, family, and community perspectives into medical care. This editorial considers how that pediatric family‐centered practice underscores emerging definitions of “quality” end‐of‐life care.