The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 50-55.e2 , July 2007

Parents’ Perspectives Regarding a Physician-Parent Conference after Their Child’s Death in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

  • Kathleen L. Meert, MD

      Affiliations

    • From Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kathleen L. Meert, MD, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Blvd., Detroit, MI 48201.
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  • Susan Eggly, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Murray Pollack, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
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  • K.J.S. Anand, MBBS, DPhil

      Affiliations

    • Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas
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  • Jerry Zimmerman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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  • Joseph Carcillo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Christopher J.L. Newth, MB, ChB

      Affiliations

    • Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • J. Michael Dean, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Douglas F. Willson, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia
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  • Carol Nicholson, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland.
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  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network

      Affiliations

    • The list of members of the NICHHD Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network is available at www.jpeds.com.

Received 2 October 2006 ,Revised 1 December 2006 ,Accepted 31 January 2007.

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 The study was funded by cooperative agreements from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Department of Health and Human Services (U10HD050096, U10HD049981, U10HD500009, U10HD049945, U10HD049983, U10HD050012 and U01HD049934).

PII: S0022-3476(07)00122-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.01.050

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 50-55.e2 , July 2007