Decision making and satisfaction with care in the pediatric intensive care unit: Findings from a controlled clinical trial

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-47

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

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Critical care; Decision making; End of life; Intensive care unit; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 2142658882     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000102413.32891.E5     Document Type: Article

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