Physician counselling practices and decision-making for extremely preterm infants in the Pacific Rim

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 209-214

  Martinez, Alma M ^a   Partridge, J Colin ^a   Yu, Victor ^b   Tan, Keng Wee ^c   Yeung, Chap Yung ^d   Lu, Jen Her ^e   Nishida, Hiroshi ^f   Boo, Nem Yun ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Neonatal mortality; Neonatal outcomes; Physician counselling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; LAW SUIT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORALITY; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 18444384226     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00589.x     Document Type: Review

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