End-of-life decisions in neonatal intensive care: Physicians' self-reported practices in seven European countries

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9221, 2000, Pages 2112-2118

  Cuttini, M ^a   Nadai, M ^a   Kaminski, M ^b   Hansen, G ^c   De Leeuw, R ^d   Lenoir, S ^b   Persson, J ^e   Rebagliato, M ^f   Reid, M ^j   De Vonderweid, U ^a   Lenard, H G ^g   Orzalesi, M ^h   Saracci, R ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Ctr for Med Technology Assessment   (Sweden)

^f MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^j National Research Council ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 20244375967     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02378-3     Document Type: Article

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