Family involvement in end-of-life care in a paediatric intensive care unit

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 181-187

  Longden, Jennifer V ^a   Mayer, Anton Paul T ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Empowerment; End of life care; Intensive care; Palliative care; Withdrawal of treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 38449093982     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2007.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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