Posttraumatic stress and technology: Do extracorporeal membrane oxygenation programs have an ethical obligation to provide ongoing psychological support for parents?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 180-181

  Hoehn, K Sarah ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ethics; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Parental support; Posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84894124166     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000045     Document Type: Editorial

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