End-of-life care for neonates and infants: The experience and effects of a palliative care consultation service

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 653-660

  Pierucci, Robin L ^a   Kirby, Russell S ^b   Leuthner, Steven R ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MS#213A ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Death and dying; End of life care; Infants; Palliative care; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DYING; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0034876435     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.3.653     Document Type: Article

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