Nature of conflict in the care of pediatric intensive care patients with prolonged stay

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 553-558

  Studdert, David M ^a   Burns, Jeffrey P ^b   Mello, Michelle M ^a   Puopolo, Ann Louise ^c   Truog, Robert D ^b   Brennan, Troyen A ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Conflict (psychology); Intensive care; Physician patient relations; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0041837603     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.3.553     Document Type: Article

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