End-of-life decision in a paediatric intensive care unit: Decision making in light of the parents' religious beliefs

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1355-

  Plötz, Frans B ^a   Van Heerde, Marc ^a   Kneyber, Martin C J ^a   Markhorst, Dick G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENT; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; TERMINAL CARE; VIRUS INFECTION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 46149113222     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1115-7     Document Type: Letter

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