The role of parents in end-of-life decisions in neonatology: Physicians' views and practices

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 413-418

  Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a   Van Der Maas, Paul J ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^b   Kollée, Louis A A ^c   De Leeuw, Richard ^c   Holl, Robert A ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Paediatric Association of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethics; Infant; Life support; Parents; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEONATOLOGY; PARENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031929452     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.3.413     Document Type: Article

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