Withdrawing nutrition and hydration from children: Legal, ethical, and professional issues

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-145

  Levi, Benjamin H ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 0037336961     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280304200207     Document Type: Article

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