Parental Views on Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapies in Critically Ill Children

Source:

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Synopsis:

Objective: 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.

Vol/Page/Date:

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163(11):986-992

Resource Type:

Journal Article

Author/Source:

Kelly Nicole Michelson, MD, MPH et al