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European Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics 1/2013

01-01-2013 | Editorial

Cartographers in an uncharted terrain—the importance of going the extra mile

Authors: Saskia Jünger, Lukas Radbruch

Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 1/2013

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Palliative care research and qualitative research methods do have in common that they are not particularly esteemed in an evidence-based medical world [9]. Their representation in specialised medical journals (including the European Journal of Pediatrics) highly committed to biomedical research, clinical studies and randomised controlled trials is—to say the least—modest. It must therefore be honoured if a research group has the courage to introduce these topics and promote another medical and research paradigm, as Bergstraesser et al. do with their paper on the needs of Swiss health-care professionals in the palliative care of children and adolescents [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Cartographers in an uncharted terrain—the importance of going the extra mile
Authors
Saskia Jünger
Lukas Radbruch
Publication date
01-01-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0340-6199
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1076
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-012-1881-7

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