Advance care planning for children with special health care needs: A survey of parental attitudes

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 682-687

  Wharton, Robert H ^a,b   Levine, Karen R ^b,c   Buka, Stephen ^d   Emanuel, Linda ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directives; chronic illness; decision making; parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CHRONICALLY ILL; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPREHENSION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MASSACHUSETTS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SURVEY;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WRITING;

EID: 0029872405     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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