Consent to autopsy for neonates

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  McHaffie, H E ^a   Fowlie, P W ^b   Hume, R ^c   Laing, I A ^d   Lloyd, D J ^e   Lyon, A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion   (United Kingdom)

^e ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Consent; Withdrawal of treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN DEATH; PARENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOPSY; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ESTHETICS; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PARENTS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 0034932475     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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