Ethical and legal dilemmas in the late management of severely damaged neonates without extensive brain damage

Seminars in Neonatology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-290

  Evans, D ^a   Levene, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Disabled; Ethics; Infant; Intensive care; Neonatal; Newborn; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032432218     PISSN: 10842756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1084-2756(98)80082-1     Document Type: Article

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