Neonatal care: Withholding or withdrawal of treatment in the newborn infant

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 503-511

  Wyatt, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme prematurity; Newborn human infant; Selective withdrawal of treatment

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DYING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033372789     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.1999.0045     Document Type: Article

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