Born too soon, too small, to die - A plea for a fair innings

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 11 I, 1999, Pages 1148-1151

  Smith, Johan ^a   Pieper, Clarissa H ^a   Kirsten, Gert F ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PREJUDICE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033219212     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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