Neonatal ethics at the limits of viability

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1019-1021

  McCullough, Laurence B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NOTE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; CHILD CARE; ETHICS; LEGAL ASPECT; NEONATOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NEONATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33644689423     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1901     Document Type: Note

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