A profile of the medical conduct preceding child death at a tertiary hospital

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-125

  Tonelli, Henrique De Assis Fonseca ^a,b   Mota, Joaquim A C ^a   Oliveira, José S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UFMG ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Death; Inpatients; Professional family relations ethics; Resuscitation orders; Terminal care standards; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TERMINAL CARE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28244493694     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: 00217557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1316     Document Type: Review

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