Withdrawing treatment from a critically-ill child

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-107

  Purcell, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PEDIATRIC NURSING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

BENEFICENCE; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, NURSING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PEDIATRIC NURSING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0031113595     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-3397(97)80237-6     Document Type: Article

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