Understanding, avoiding, and resolving end-of-life conflicts in the NICU

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 580-586

  Kopelman, Arthur E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best interests; Communication with families; End of life; Ethics; Futility; Inappropriate medical care; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; FAMILY COUNSELING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MORALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PREMATURITY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RELIGION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; APGAR SCORE; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33744796792     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 00272507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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