Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2004
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyForgoing life-sustaining treatments in children: a comparison between Northern and Southern European pediatric intensive care units.
This study was conducted to determine how the decision-making process to forgo life support differs between southern and northern European pediatric intensive care units. ⋯ The decision-making process appears to be similar between northern and southern European countries. The respective contributions of the parents and the medical staff in the final decision itself seem to be identical between northern and southern countries. However, in northern European countries, the level of parents' information about the decision-making process appears higher and the decision is more often documented in the medical chart.