The deliberate clinical inertia, a source of professional satisfaction for the end-of-life decision-makers?

Affiliations

¹ University Hospital Robert-Debré, Pediatric palliative care mobile team, 48, boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France. Electronic address: armelle.nicolas-robin@aphp.fr.

Editorial

Armelle Nicolas-Robin. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;37(6):531-532.

doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2018.10.007. Epub 2018 Oct 19.

¹ University Hospital Robert-Debré, Pediatric palliative care mobile team, 48, boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France. Electronic address: armelle.nicolas-robin@aphp.fr.

No abstract available

Keywords: Clinical inertia; Emotion; End of life decision making.

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