Ethical attitudes in Spanish pediatric critical care units;Encuesta de ética en las unidades de cuidados intensivos pediátricos españolas

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 542-549

  Hernandez Gonzalez A ^a   Hermana Tezanos, Ma T ^b   Hernandez Rastrollo R ^c   Cambra Lasaosa, F J ^d   Rodriguez Nunez A ^e   Failde, I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

End of life decision; Ethics; Euthanasia; Intensive care units; Life support care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SPAIN; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 33746501435     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13089919     Document Type: Article

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