New and lingering controversies in pediatric end-of-life care

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 872-883

  Solomon, Mildred Z ^a,b   Sellers, Deborah E ^a   Heller, Karen S ^a   Dokken, Deborah L ^c   Levetown, Marcia ^d   Rushton, Cynda ^d   Truog, Robert D ^b   Fleischman, Alan R ^e  

^a EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Methodist Hospital ^*

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; End of life care; Ethics; Pain management; Pediatric palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROCLIMATE; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES; CHILD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICINE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSES; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 26244466552     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0905     Document Type: Article

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