End-of-Life Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Experiences of Staff and Parents

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 713-723

  Cortezzo, Donnamaria E ^a   Sanders, Marilyn R ^b   Brownell, Elizabeth A ^b   Moss, Kerry ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life care; end of life experiences; neonate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTITIONER; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; NEONATOLOGIST; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; HOSPICE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930185914     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1395475     Document Type: Article

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