Death of a child in the emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1432-1437

  Knapp, Jane ^a   Mulligan Smith, Deborah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Child; Death; Family centered care; Postmortem examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTION; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGAN DONOR; OUTPATIENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; DEATH; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN RELATION; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PEDIATRICS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 25144472730     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0317     Document Type: Article

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