The duty of the physician to care for the family in pediatric palliative care: Context, communication, and caring

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Jones, Barbara L ^a   Contro, Nancy ^b   Koch, Kendra D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Communication; Ethics; Palliative care; Relational autonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOLISTIC CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUTONOMY; COMMUNICATION; ETHICS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RELATIONAL AUTONOMY;

ADOLESCENT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 84893231306     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3608C     Document Type: Article

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