Ethical issues in screening for hearing impairment in newborns in developing countries

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 588-591

  Olusanya, B O ^a   Luxon, L M ^a   Wirz, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; ONSET AGE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 33749819617     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.014720     Document Type: Article

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