Are we treading a fine line?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 323, Issue 7309, 2001, Pages 388-389

  Street, K ^a   Henderson, J ^a,b  

^a Knapp Cottage   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; INFANT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

DOUBLE EFFECT; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEPSIS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0035908716     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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