Physicians' neonatal resuscitation of extremely low-birth-weight preterm infants

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-275

  Catlin, Anita Joy ^a,b  

^a Napa Valley College   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; ELBW; Ethics; Neonates; Physician behavior; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032613285     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1999.tb00496.x     Document Type: Article

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