The use of drugs with a life-shortening effect in end-of-life care in neonates and infants

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-139

  Provoost, Veerle ^a   Cools, Filip ^a   Bilsen, Johan ^a,c   Ramet, José ^a   Deconinck, Peter ^a   Vander Stichele, Robert ^b   Vande Velde, Anne ^a   Van Herreweghe, Inge ^e   Mortier, Freddy ^c   Vandenplas, Yvan ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Ethics; Euthanasia; Infant care; Infant mortality; Opioid; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EUTHANASIA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BELGIUM; DECISION MAKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 29844450925     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2863-2     Document Type: Article

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