Patterns of care at end of life in children with advanced heart disease.

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Published in Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med on August 01, 2012

Authors

Emily Morell1, Joanne Wolfe, Mark Scheurer, Ravi Thiagarajan, Caroline Morin, Dorothy M Beke, Leslie Smoot, Henry Cheng, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Elizabeth D Blume

Author Affiliations

1: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Impact of Early Intervention on Maternal Stress in Mothers of Fetuses Diagnosed With Single Ventricle Physiology | NCT02462434

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