Forgoing life-sustaining medical treatment in abused children: Committee on child abuse and neglect and committee on bioethics

Pediatrics

Volumn 106, Issue 5 I, 2000, Pages 1151-1153

  Kairys, S W ^a   Alexander, R C ^a   Block, R W ^a   Everett, V D ^a   Hymel, K P ^a   Jenny, C ^a   Corwin, D L ^a   Shelley, G A ^a   Reece, R M ^a   Kirschner, R A ^a   Hurley, T P ^a   Nelson, R M ^a   Botkin, J R ^a   Kodish, E D ^a   Levetown, M ^a   Truman, J T ^a   Wilfond, B S ^a   Kazura, A ^a   Krug III, E F ^a   Schwartz, P A ^a   Donovan, G K ^a   Fallat, M ^a   Frader, J E ^a   Davis, D S ^a   Steinberg, D ^a   more..

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFLICT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033753495     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.106.5.1151     Document Type: Review

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4. Ethics and the provision of futile, harmful, or burdensome treatment to children
5. Caring for gravely ill children
6. Ethics and the care of critically ill infants and children
7. The role of an ethics committee in resolving conflict in the neonatal intensive care unit
8. Palliative care for children
9. Impact of medical examiner/coroner practices on organ recovery in the United States
10. Successful organ donation in victims of child abuse