Has the emphasis on autonomy gone too far? Insights from Dostoevsky on parental decisionmaking in the NICU

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-151

  Paris, John J ^c   Graham, Neil ^b   Schreiber, Michael D ^d,e   Goodwin, Michele ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Department of Pediatrics ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FREEDOM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REVIEW; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FREEDOM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; NEGOTIATING; PARENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33644868404     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180106060178     Document Type: Review

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