TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethical issues in the pediatric intensive care unit
AU - Frader, J.
AU - Thompson, A.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Advanced technology and better scientific understanding of mechanisms of disease now permit intensive care personnel to extend life beyond what some patients and families consider reasonable, leading, in part, to the 'patients' rights' movement and the articulation of legal and moral guidelines for forgoing life support. In the case of pediatrics, commentaries on a few of the topics that have arisen most frequently or have provided the greatest challenge in the authors' experience are provided.
AB - Advanced technology and better scientific understanding of mechanisms of disease now permit intensive care personnel to extend life beyond what some patients and families consider reasonable, leading, in part, to the 'patients' rights' movement and the articulation of legal and moral guidelines for forgoing life support. In the case of pediatrics, commentaries on a few of the topics that have arisen most frequently or have provided the greatest challenge in the authors' experience are provided.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0031-3955(16)38879-4
DO - 10.1016/S0031-3955(16)38879-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 7984392
AN - SCOPUS:0028148519
SN - 0031-3955
VL - 41
SP - 1405
EP - 1421
JO - Pediatric Clinics of North America
JF - Pediatric Clinics of North America
IS - 6
ER -