Construction of a parent-derived questionnaire to measure end-of-life care after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Williams, Constance ^a   Cairnie, Janice ^a   Fines, Valerie ^a   Patey, Colleen ^a   Schwarzer, Karla ^a   Aylward, Jennifer ^a   Lohfeld, Lynne ^a   Kirpalani, Haresh ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Ethics; Measuring quality of care; Neonatal death; Palliative care; Parental attitudes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER; SPLIT HALF CORRELATION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPICE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STANDARD;

BEREAVEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 59449102224     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2950     Document Type: Article

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