The decision making process regarding the withdrawal or withholding of potential life-saving treatments in a children's hospital

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 346-352

  Street, K ^a   Ashcroft, R ^a   Henderson, J ^a   Campbell, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life sustaining; Limitation; Therapy; Treatment; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT RIGHT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DISSENT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PARENTAL CONSENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ENGLAND; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PARENTAL CONSENT; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033786961     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.26.5.346     Document Type: Article

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