Neurologic Uncertainty in Newborn Intensive Care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 316, Issue 14, 1987, Pages 840-844

  Coulter, David L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAIN DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL; THERAPY; VEGETATIVE STAGE;

EID: 0023151806     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198704023161404     Document Type: Article

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