A "good" death in a pediatric ICU: Is it possible?;Uma "boa" morte em UTI pediátrica: É isso possível?

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 79, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Garros, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WMC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain death; Death; End of life care; Palliative care; Parents

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDLINE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 0347595677     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/jped.1101     Document Type: Review

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