Patterns of paediatric end-of-life care: a chart review across different care settings in Switzerland

• Main Authors: Karin Zimmermann (Author), Eva Cignacco (Author), Sandra Engberg (Author), Anne-Sylvie Ramelet (Author), Nicolas von der Weid (Author), Katri Eskola (Author), Eva Bergstraesser (Author), on behalf of the PELICAN Consortium (Author), Marc Ansari (Author), Christoph Aebi (Author), Reta Baer (Author), Maja Beck Popovic (Author), Vera Bernet (Author), Pierluigi Brazzola (Author), Hans Ulrich Bucher (Author), Regula Buder (Author), Sandra Cagnazzo (Author), Barbara Dinten (Author), Anouk Dorsaz (Author), Franz Elmer (Author), Raquel Enriquez (Author), Patricia Fahrni-Nater (Author), Gabi Finkbeiner (Author), Bernhard Frey (Author), Urs Frey (Author), Jeannette Greiner (Author), Ralph-Ingo Hassink (Author), Simone Keller (Author), Oliver Kretschmar (Author), Judith Kroell (Author), Bernard Laubscher (Author), Kurt Leibundgut (Author), Reta Malaer (Author), Andreas Meyer (Author), Christoph Stuessi (Author), Mathias Nelle (Author), Thomas Neuhaus (Author), Felix Niggli (Author), Geneviève Perrenoud (Author), Jean-Pierre Pfammatter (Author), Barbara Plecko (Author), Debora Rupf (Author), Felix Sennhauser (Author), Caroline Stade (Author), Maja Steinlin (Author), Lilian Stoffel (Author), Karin Thomas (Author), Christian Vonarburg (Author), Rodo von Vigier (Author), Bendicht Wagner (Author), Judith Wieland (Author), Birgit Wernz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Paediatric end-of-life care is challenging and requires a high level of professional expertise. It is important that healthcare teams have a thorough understanding of paediatric subspecialties and related knowledge of disease-specific aspects of paediatric end-of-life care. The a...