Talking with parents about end-of-life decisions for their children

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e465-e476

  De Vos, Mirjam A ^a   Bos, Albert P ^a   Plötz, Frans B ^b   Van Heerde, Marc ^c   De Graaff, Bert M ^a   Tates, Kiek ^d   Truog, Robert D ^e   Willems, Dick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TERGOOI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEWBORN; NURSE; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PEDIATRICS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84922591408     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1903     Document Type: Article

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