Experience with newborn intensive care deaths in a tertiary setting

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-33

  McHugh Strong, Colette M ^c   Sanders, Marilyn R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bioethics; Death; Do not resuscitate; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONNECTICUT; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033949408     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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