Ethical implications of aggressive obstetric management at less than 28 weeks of gestation

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 120-125

  Ahner, R ^a   Bikas, D ^b   Rabl, M ^b   Al Kouatly, H B ^b   Krauss, A N ^b   McCullough, L B ^b   Chervenak, F A ^b  

^a New York Weill Cornell Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive obstetric management; Borderline viability; Cerebral palsy; Ethics; Fetal viability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035154980     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2001.080002120.x     Document Type: Article

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