Medical futility in the neonatal intensive care unit: Hope for a resolution

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1219-1222

  Fine, Robert L ^a,b,d   Whitfield, Jonathan M ^b   Carr, Barbara L ^b   Mayo, Thomas W ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SMU Dedman School of Law   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; End of life; Ethics; Futility; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ADOLESCENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; LONG TERM CARE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; TEXAS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33644684062     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2790     Document Type: Article

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