Until the last breath: Exploring the concept of hope for parents and health care professionals during a child's serious illness

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 653-657

  Keene Reder, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Serwint, Janet R ^b  

^a Harriet Lane Compassionate Care ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^c St Mary's Regional Med Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 67650087773     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.87     Document Type: Article

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