Perinatal care at the borderlines of viability: A consensus statement based on a NSW and ACT consensus workshop

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 495-500

  Lui, Kei ^a,b   Bajuk, Barbara ^c   Foster, Kirsty ^d   Gaston, Arnolda ^c   Kent, Alison ^e   Sinn, John ^f   Spence, Kaye ^g   Fischer, Wendy ^c   Henderson Smart, David ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Pregnancy and Newborn Services Network   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 33751031493     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00664.x     Document Type: Article

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