Prenatal consultation practices at the border of viability: A regional survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 407-413

  Bastek, Tara K ^a,c   Richardson, Douglas K ^a,b   Zupancic, John A F ^a,b   Burns, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Extremely premature infant; Infants at the border of viability; Parental involvement; Physician attitudes; Resuscitation; Shared decision making; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RESUSCITATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NEONATOLOGY; NEW ENGLAND; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 27744511080     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1427     Document Type: Review

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