Death in the neonatal intensive care unit: Changing patterns of end of life care over two decades

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Wilkinson, D J ^a   Fitzsimons, J J ^a   Dargaville, P A ^a   Campbell, N T ^a   Loughnan, P M ^a   McDougall, P N ^a   Mills, J F ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE; VICTORIA; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33745819555     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.074971     Document Type: Article

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