Withholding and withdrawing of life sustaining treatment in the newborn

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Tripp, J ^a   McGregor, D ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; COURT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS, CLINICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATOLOGY; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 30344485693     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.068569     Document Type: Review

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