Summary: Ethical considerations in the management of infants born at the limit of viability;Ethische aspekte bei schwangerschaften an der grenze der kindlichen lebensfähigkeit

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 727-734

  Berger, Thomas M ^a,c   Holzgreve, W ^b  

^a Kinderspital Luzern ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Kinderspital Luzern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; DELIVERY ROOM; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PAIN; PERINATAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTERNATIONALITY; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33751345099     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.63.11.727     Document Type: Review

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