End-of-life decisions in delivery room and neonatal intensive care unit

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1626-1631

  Arlettaz, Romaine ^a   Mieth, Dieto ^a   Bucher, Hans Ulrich ^a   Duc, Gabriel ^a   Fauchère, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

End of life decisions; Ethics; Gestational age; Intensive care; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIVERY ROOM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 28744457879     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250510036543     Document Type: Article

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