Decisions concerning potentially life-sustaining treatments in paediatric nephrology: A multicentre study in French-speaking countries

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1252-1257

  Fauriel, Isabelle ^a   Moutel, Grégoire ^a   Moutard, Marie Laure ^b   Montuclard, Luc ^a   Duchange, Nathalie ^a   Callies, Ingrid ^a   François, Irène ^a   Cochat, Pierre ^c   Hervé, Christian ^a  

^a Faculté de Médecine Necker   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dialysis ethics; Life sustaining treatments; Nephrology; Pediatric; Treatment withholding or withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; EUROPE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; NEPHROLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; TEAMWORK;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FRANCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEPHROLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 2442608530     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh100     Document Type: Article

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