End-of-life care in children: The Brazilian and the international perspectives;Cuidados de final de vida em crianças: Perspectivas no Brasil e no mundo

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 83, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Lago, Patrícia M ^a,b,d   Devictor, Denis ^c   Piva, Jefferson P ^b   Bergounioux, Jean ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Death; Limitation of life support; Medical ethics; Pediatric intensive care

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERNATIONALITY; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34250373309     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1627     Document Type: Review

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