Impact of parental involvement in life-support decisions: A qualitative analysis of parents’ adjustment following their critically ill child’s death

Children's Health Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-25

  Votta, Elizabeth ^a   Franche, Renée Louise ^a   Sim, Dalice ^b   Mitchell, Beth ^b   Frewen, Tim ^b   Maan, Cathy ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION;

EID: 0035124242     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326888CHC3001_2     Document Type: Article

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