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The Use of Family Conferences in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Kelly N. Michelson, Marla L. Clayman, Natalie Haber-Barker, Claire Ryan, Karen Rychlik, Linda L. Emanuel, Joel Frader

Journal of Palliative Medicine · 2013 · 44 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Most identified FCs involved complex patients or patients who faced decisions affecting the child's quality of life or dying. For many patients who faced life changing decisions we did not identify a FC. Further research is needed to understand how to best utilize FCs and less formal conversations.

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