Ethical issues in pediatric emergency mass critical care

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Matheny Antommaria, Armand H ^a   Powell, Tia ^b,c   Miller, Jennifer E ^d   Christian, Michael D ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Bioethics International   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

critical care; disaster planning; disease outbreaks; emergency mass critical care; ethics; mass casualty incidents; pediatrics; triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH PLANNING COUNCILS; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81155151766     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a88b     Document Type: Article

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