Law and ethics at the border of viability

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 321-324

  Krug III, E F ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Extreme prematurity; Parental decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DELIVERY ROOM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; RESUSCITATION;

ETHICS; FETAL VIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGISLATION; NEONATOLOGY; PARENTAL CONSENT; RESUSCITATION; TEXAS;

EID: 33744519127     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211529     Document Type: Article

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