Attitudes toward limitation of support in a pediatric intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1590-1594

  Keenan, Heather T ^a   Diekema, Douglas S ^b   O'Rourke, P Pearl ^b,c   Cummings, Peter ^c   Woodrum, David E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Ethics; Intensive care unit; Limitation of support; Pediatrics; Resuscitation orders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0034076270     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200005000-00055     Document Type: Article

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