Attitudes of parents and health care professionals toward active treatment of extremely premature infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 152-157

  Streiner, David L ^a,c   Saigal, Saroj ^b   Burrows, Elizabeth ^b   Stoskopf, Barbara ^b   Rosenbaum, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; ELBW; Interventions; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATAL NURSING; NEONATOLOGY; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034963544     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.1.152     Document Type: Article

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