Open AccessParental Views on Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapies in Critically Ill Children
Author(s) -
Kelly Michelson,
Tracy Koogler,
Christine Sullivan,
María del Pilar Santacruz Ortega,
Emily J. Hall,
Joel Frader
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.180
Subject(s) - critically ill , quality of life (healthcare) , psychology , faith , intuition , qualitative research , medicine , family medicine , nursing , intensive care medicine , sociology , social science , philosophy , theology , cognitive science
To broaden existing knowledge of pediatric end-of-life decision making by exploring factors described by parents of patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) as important/influential if they were to consider withdrawing life-sustaining therapies.
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