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Place of death
Problems with preference and place of death for children too
BMJ 2015; 351 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h6123 (Published 19 November 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;351:h6123
- Myra Bluebond-Langner, professor and True Colours chair in palliative care for children and young people1,
- Emma Beecham, research associate2,
- Bridget Candy, senior research associate2,
- Richard Langner, honorary senior research associate1,
- Louise Jones, senior clinical lecturer2
- 1Louis Dundas Centre for Children’s Palliative Care, UCL-Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK
- 2Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit, UCL Mental Health Sciences Unit, University College Medical School, London, UK
- bluebond{at}ucl.ac.uk
The problems raised by Pollock about preference and place of death also apply to seriously ill children, even though choices about care are made with or by a person other than the patient and children typically have one or more devoted carer.1 Our systematic …
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