Withdrawal of neonatal mechanical ventilation against the parents' wishes

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 311-315

  Isaacs, David ^a,b   Kilham, Henry ^a,b   Gordon, Adrienne ^c   Jeffery, Heather ^b,c   Tarnow Mordi, William ^b,d   Woolnough, Janet ^d   Hamblin, Julie ^e   Tobin, Bernadette ^f  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Ebsworth and Ebsworth Solicitors   (Australia)

^f ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Burdensome; Conflict; End of life; Futility

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFLICT; CONGENITAL BONE DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEIZURE; SEPTOOPTIC DYSPLASIA; SOCIAL WORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33646680565     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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