Moral and ethical dilemmas in critically ill newborns: A 20-year follow-up survey of Massachusetts pediatricians

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-12

  Todres, I David ^a   Guillemin, Jeanne ^b   Catlin, Elizabeth A ^a   Marlow, Aimée ^b   Nordstrom, Anne ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANURIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANURIA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0033630177     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200297     Document Type: Article

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