Forgoing life support: How the decision is made in European pediatric intensive care units

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1881-1887

  Devictor, Denis J ^a   Latour, Jos M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical care; Decision making; End of life care; End of life decision; Ethics; Parents; Withdrawing life support; Withholding life support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 82555188025     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2357-3     Document Type: Article

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