Consultation of parents in actual end-of-life decision-making in neonates and infants

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 859-866

  Provoost, Veerle ^a   Cools, Filip ^b   Deconinck, Peter ^b   Ramet, José ^b   Deschepper, Reginald ^a   Bilsen, Johan ^a   Mortier, Freddy ^c   Vandenplas, Yvan ^b   Deliens, Luc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

End of life decision; Infant care; Infant death; Infant mortality; Medical ethics; Medical futility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS;

BELGIUM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33750349220     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0190-4     Document Type: Article

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