Unilateral do-not-resuscitate order in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 383-387

  Paris, John J ^a   Singh, Jaideep ^b   Schreiber, Michael D ^b   Reardon, Frank E ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Hassan and Reardon   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 0033154672     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200196     Document Type: Article

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