Induced Early Delivery of a Fetus with Hypoplastic Left Heart: A Moral Choice When Neither Surgery Nor Abortion Is an Acceptable Option

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 314-317

  Paris, John J ^a,d   Schreiber, Michael D ^b   Ryan, Maura A ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INDUCED ABORTION; LABOR INDUCTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INTENTION; LABOR, INDUCED; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031180815     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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