Forgoing life support across borders: Who decides and why?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-290

  Frader, Joel E ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 5144235382     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000124017.90899.C5     Document Type: Editorial

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