Resuscitation of the preterm infant against parental wishes

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Paris, J J ^a   Schreiber, M D ^b   Elias Jones, A ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LAW; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN CARE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH; MILLER V. HCA, INC.;

DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PARENTS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TEXAS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 17844407670     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.063420     Document Type: Review

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