Choosing between death at home or in the hospital: Respecting the principle of autonomy

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-439

  Meert, Kathleen L ^a   Sarnaik, Ashok P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; End of life; Extubation; Pediatrics; Withdrawal of support

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AWARENESS; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EXTUBATION; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALPRACTICE; MORTALITY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 77952309724     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181c513c0     Document Type: Editorial

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