Treatment decisions for newborns at the threshold of viability: An ethical dilemma

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 379-383

  Doroshow, Robin W ^a,h   Hodgman, Joan E ^b   Pomerance, Jeffrey J ^c   Ross, Judith W ^d   Michel, Vicki J ^e   Luckett, Peter M ^f   Shaw, Anthony ^g  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Co Univ S CA Med C   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Healthcare Ethics   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^g OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Memorial Heart & Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; JURISPRUDENCE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0034277104     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200010     Document Type: Review

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