Management of extremely low birth weight infants: Perceptions of viability and parental counseling practices

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 520-524

  Martinez, Alma M ^a,b,c   Weiss, Erica ^a,b,c   Partridge, J Colin ^a,b,c   Freeman, Hank ^a,b,c   Kilpatrick, Sarah ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031700915     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00285-3     Document Type: Article

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