Parental role in medical decision-making: Fact or fiction? A comparative study of ethical dilemmas in French and American neonatal intensive care units

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2009-2022

  Orfali, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethical dilemmas; France US comparison; Neonatal intensive care; Parents

Indexed keywords

ETHICS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICISM; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNALISM; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542328809     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00406-4     Document Type: Article

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