The process of end-of-life decision-making in pediatrics: A national survey in the Netherlands

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  De Vos, Mirjam A ^a   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^b   Maurice Stam, Heleen ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^c   Plötz, Frans B ^d   Schouten van Meeteren, Antoinette Y N ^a   Willems, Dick L ^e   Heymans, Hugo S A ^a   Bos, Albert P ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Death and dying; End of life decision making; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; END OF LIFE DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRISTIANITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ISLAM; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATERNALISM; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 79953313838     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2591     Document Type: Article

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