Quality of life decisions at the beginning of life: Ethical considerations

Medicine and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 563-569

  Snyder, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; QUALITY OF LIFE;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ABNORMALITIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 0032241113     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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