Development of an Evidence-Based Ethical Decision-Making Tool for Neonatal Intensive Care Medicine

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1260-1263

  Frize, Monique ^a,b   Walker, Robin C ^c   Ennett, Colleen M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision aid system; Ethics; Neonatal medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DECISION MAKING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RESEARCH;

DECISION-AID SYSTEMS; PHYSICIANS;

NEONATAL MONITORING;

EID: 1542301788     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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