Ethics and the care of critically ill infants and children

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 149-152

  Frader, J E ^a   Crain, L S ^a   Moseley, K L ^a   Nelson, R M ^a   Porter, I H ^a   Vizcarrondo, F E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FUTILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INFANTS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREMATURITY; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0029976508     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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