Ethical decision-making in newborn infants;Temas Éticos na Medicina Neonatal

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 197-203

  Yu, Victor Y H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE (MELBOURNE, VIC); NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENTAL CONSENT; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNCERTAINTY;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE (MELBOURNE, VIC);

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; NEONATOLOGY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; REFUSAL TO TREAT; UNCERTAINTY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0031062940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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