Starting the quest to define optimal pediatric end-of-life care

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 263-265

  Levetown, Marcia ^a  

^a Pain and Palliative Care Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Death; End of life decision making; Palliative care; Parental attitudes; Pediatric intensive care unit; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0036152713     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200201000-00049     Document Type: Editorial

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