Ethics and the limits of neonatal viability

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 427-429

  Gunderman, Richard B ^a   Engle, William A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; SURFACTANT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMAN; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

FETAL VIABILITY; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NEONATOLOGY;

EID: 22544453280     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2362041770     Document Type: Editorial

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