End-of-life decisions in newborns: An approach from the Netherlands

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 736-739

  Verhagen, A A E ^a   Sauer, P J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; End of life; Newborn

Indexed keywords

EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; NEWBORN; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 30744450215     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0014     Document Type: Review

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