Forgoing Life- Sustaining or Death-Prolonging Theraphy in The Pediatric ICU  

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Devictor, Denis ; Latour, Jos M. ; Tissieres, Pierre

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Pediatric Clinics of North America vol. 55 no. 03 (Jun. 2008), page 791.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: P13.K.2008.03 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Most deaths in the pediatric intensive care unit occur after a decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatments. The management of children at the end of life can be devided into three steps. The first concerns the desicion-making process. The second concerns the actions takens once a decision has been made to forego life-sustaining treatments. The third regards the evaluation of the decision and its implementation. The mission of pediatric intensives care has expanded to provide the best possible care to dying children and their families. Improving the quality of care received by dying children remains an ongoing challenge for every pediatric intensive care unit team member.

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